Voter duty urged as Texas primary nears
Readers are cautioned to vote in the upcoming July primary, stressing citizenship duties and sacrifice for democracy. A soldier’s July 4 letter from New Caledonia urges back home to participate, honoring those defending freedom while recognizing the national effort may affect turnout.
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Fat Wiesti
Nm Eoh
Melrose
Mass
James E. Milano
New Saltdonia
John W. McCormack
Massachue
New Caledonia
United States
Australia
Jimmyly
Iag
Calor
West Side knife attacks by soldiers and civilians
Two soldiers Garnett Fetterly and William Lyman, and a civilian girl Pauline Nova were stabbed during early morning incidents on the West Side near Durango and Santa Rosa streets. Fetterly and Nova required hospital treatment with serious injuries, while Lyman suffered a stomach wound. Four civilians were arrested, including two girls identified as Hortense Nova and Josephine Rodriguez, in connection with the assaults.
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San Antonio
Fort’ Bain Houston’ Station
Garnett Fetterly
Dodd Field
William Lyman
Kelly Field
Fetterly
Alxlemen
Lyman
Pauline Nova
South Leona
South Leona Aheet Was Treated At Robert B. Green Hospital
Momine
Stanley Oulkowski
John Budzinski
Doddfetd
Durango
Santa Rosa
Nova
Cutkowski
Folie
Miss Hortenge Nova
South Leona Street
Josephine Rodriguez
South Sedna Street
Fat Hamiilton
David Taylor
Graham Alley
South Laredo Street
Scrap metal drive linked to World War effort in city parks
Civil and army authorities ordered a nationwide scrap metal hunt. Civilians will gather metal from plazas and parade grounds while the army takes over collections. Mayor LaGuardia sent a telegram urging storage of air bombs tanks and other World War I souvenirs for transfer to the Eighth Service Command.
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San
Funeral Rites Set for Mrs Glaze in City Chapel
Funeral for Mrs Glaze 63 of 4 Jones Avenue will be held Tuesday at 4 p.m. at McCollum Murray Chapel with Rev John S Kromer officiating. Burial will be in City Cemetery. A Wyoming native, she lived 45 years here. Survived by husband Fred Glaze. daughter Grata T Hote of San Antonio. sons Charles H Glaze of Fort Worth and Arthur J Glaze of San Antonio. sister Read Morgan of Sidney, Nebraska.
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Chartocet
Eat Glaze
Jones Avenue
McCollum-Murray
County Budget Hearing Date Set
Public hearing on the 1942 49 county budget will be held August 26 at 9 a m in the county courthouse. County commissioners court met to set the date in the absence of County Judge Charles Anderson who is on army duty. The tentative budget increases many departments and sets the county tax rate at 66 cents.
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Bine
County Commissioners Court
Boehr
Charles Anderson
Funeral Service for Gustav Persch Held Tuesday
Services for Gustav Persch aged 8 of 120 Nevada Street will be held Tuesday at 4 p.m. from the Iene Funeral Home with the Rev. W. H. Rutherford officiating. Interment follows at Alamo Masonic Cemetery. Survivors include his mother Mrs Mathilde Persch and a sister Mrs Pepe Persch, both of Los Angeles.
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Gustav Persch
Nevada Stent
Ps. Mn
Iene
W. H. Rutherham
Alamo Masonic Cemetery
Mathilde Persch
Pepe Persch
Los Angeles, Ail
Key of Tailor Prevents Theft
A local tailor Pete Garcia admitted detaining an intruder at his shop on North New Brauntela Avenue. The thief, trying to flee with a bundle of army uniform, was pursued for blocks, subdued with a belt and key, and held until police arrived.
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Unil
Isis
Pete Garcia
New Brauntela Avenue
Pete
Atala
Clarela
Garcia
Polis
Baering Down on the News: Army Occupies Atlantic City Hotels
ARTHUR Bugs Baer reports that military authorities have seized dozens of large hotels in Atlantic City for education and service branches. The piece warns readers to beware an officer in distinctive red attire, a blue frock, gold dial, and key, signaling rank.
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Thals
Mayor Quin Vacation and City Spending Authorization
Mayor C K Quin took a vacation from August 16 to 25 with Henry Helo presiding in his absence. The council appropriated funds from general and airport related accounts for materials and supplies, reimbursed city engineer Tom Coghill for a Fort Worth trip, and paid C and A Construction for paving on West Woodlawn Avenue. Jess and Day McNeel were granted permission to install an underground gasoline storage tank at 922 Austin Street.
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C. K Quin
Prk
Henry Helo
Quin
Mexico City
Stinson Field
Tom Coghill
Fort Worth
C. and A. Construction Company
West Woodlawn Avenue
Jess
Day McNeel
Austin Street
Rita Hayworth to Appear Here at Port City Palace
Rita Hayworth, screen and dance star from You'll Never Get Rich and My Gal Sal, is announced to appear at Canty Hulen and Palacias in Port City in conjunction with a VEO vaudeville show Hullabaloo. Appearances are home arranged by the motion picture division and Hollywood Victory committee.
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Hayworth
Gal Sal
Sam Houston
Canty Hulen
Palacias
Corpus Christ ‘Naval Air Station
Motion Picture Division
TSO
Hollywood
Victory
Veteran San Antonio photographer Jack Cones dies
Jack Cones TE pioneer San Antonio photographer dies Monday after 53 years in business. Survived by wife Mayletta and son Jack Jr. He held a 1912 Diamond Medal win and worked across venues on Alamo Plaza, Commerce Street, Navarra Street, and Broadway. Funeral Tuesday at Porter Loving chapel.
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Jack Cones
San Antonio
Locados
Cones
Mwness
Sinon
Broadway
Sherpyville
Alamo Phiza
Jonater
Riverside
Consmerce Street
Navarra’ Street
Ennishl
Alamo Heights
Kelly contract le'l contraction awarded to Luther Turner
Contraction of additional construction at Helly Field dragbers awarded to Luther A Turner of Kyle. It was announced Monday by Col T M Osborne district engineer.
City council denies carnival report over Brackenridge Park land lease
The council debated a land lease at Old Span Grant near Brackenridge Park used by carnival operators. Critics claimed muscling in while officials noted a $100 monthly rent on a month to month lease. Harold Winters and others complained of no bids and alleged Playland partners.
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Brackenridge Park
Orausir
Aid & Park
Henry Hein
G. Kk. Quin
Mary
Bracken-ridga Park
Brackenridge
Sien
Partnerstiy
Bub
PB. i. Anderson
Machine Shop Class to Open Aug 24 in San Antonio
G L Filng assistant at the San Antonio aircraft school announced a new government sponsored machine shop operation class. The tuition free course starts August 24 at 403 West Poplar Street at 7 a.m. Open to men and women 18 to 50 with no physical handicaps. After three months training, students will be aided by the employment service to find work. Training covers lathes drill presses shapers and planers.
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Texas War Industvies
Aesistant
San Antonio Aircraft School
West Poplar Street
Probe Finds No Steel Black Market
Washington Aug 17 The War Production Board compliance branch found no evidence of a steel black market by Higgins Industries Incorporated New Orleans shipbuilder as defined in common usage in the United States and England The inquiry noted no diversions from war program and deliveries cited by Andrew J Higgins matched high rated defense orders Some warehouses may have violated quota regulations by additions beyond the 22 penalized last spring in other cases
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Washington
Aiggins Industries, Incorporated
New Orleans
England
War Production Board
Andrew J. Higgins
Higgins
T Ie Branch
Daslavat
Policeman Hurt In Making Arrest Amid Steel Deliveries
A police report notes a policeman was injured during an arrest related to steel deliveries to Higgins company. The incident involved alleged overpricing above OPA ceilings and questioned warehouse actions. Officer A. A. Pores reported the events and indicated actions by the WPB branch.
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Higgins Company
OPA
Robert B. Green
Two Hondo Grads Honored at Air School Graduation
Orville I Ident of Bonpards Minnesota and Wolter JJ Dent of Chicago led the list of honorees at the largest graduation class of the world’s largest air navigation school in Hondo. Sol Linus D. Frederick gave the commencement address as the first class to finish at the new site. Outstanding awards went to Lieut WAT Gibson Longview and Lieut A W O’Brien Covington Kentucky, with Master Sgt Walter Simpson named an honorary member of the class.
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Orville I
Nelsen
Bon~ Pards
Minn
Dent
Woiter
Things of
Chicago
Hondo
Ciew
Sol
Linus D. Frederick
Offleny
Gibson
Longview
A. W. O'Brien
Covington
Aled
Leith
Westerfield
Walter Simpson
Appeal Made For Clothing For Britain Relief Effort
A San Antonio campaign by the British War Relief society urged collecting used clothing in good condition. The effort targets men of the British merchant navy and all crews of torpedoed ships regardless of nationality, with shipments to Britain authorized by the British Ministry of War Transport. Clothes for Britain's weather have already gone to Trinidad refugees, and an Australia and New Zealand relief division was formed.
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San Antonio
British War Belief Society
United States
Britain
Wie Society
Austealia
New Zealand
Lectures on Poison Gases At Local Hospital
Lectures on poison gases their first aid and decontamination procedures will be given at the hospital from 7 30 to 9 30 p m Wednesday. Nurses assigned to first aid and casualty stations are asked to attend. Lectures led by Maj H J Bua and Maj C E Schwab of U S public health service and U S sanitary engineers.
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Maj
H. J. Bua
VU. S. Public Healthy Service
Maj. C. E. Schwab
U. S. Sanlney Engineers
Woman Held In Shooting Death In Douglas
Margaret Hershy 21 daughter of Alewl B G Herlihy faces a homicide charge after a lover’s quarrel in Douglas. Capt David Carr was wounded Saturday night as Hershy fired a 32 caliber revolver at the Herlihy home, near Oman Nebraska. Deputy county attorney Norman Herrity said the charge would be filed before noon and an inquest was not necessary. Bond likely to be set.
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Douglas
Margaret Hershy
Alewl
G. Herlihy
David Carr
Oman
Neb
Scrap metal drives push San Antonio wardens effort forward
About 5,00000 pounds of scrap have been collected in San Antonio air raid wardens drive led by Chief Warden Walter Wolff. Roughly 1,500,000 pounds remain to collect as zones report progress. Zone 2 under O. P. Schnshel posted 433,74 pounds. Wolff praised the two week drive as big success though only about 89 percent of scrap had been picked up at assembly points after crews worked overtime. City trucks under A. dc. Goetz will continue hauling with volunteers assisting evenings. more trucks are needed and private firms urged to donate. People may call Tannin 5962 or zone wardens to volunteer.
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San Antonio
Walter Woil
Nasenonypolis
Wolff
O. P. Schnshel
Serip
Enier
CTY
A. dc
Goetz
Welff
New York Plans War Time Hot Water Rationing
New York City diplomatic and civic officials announced a wartime hot water rationing plan due to fuel shortages. Tenants in apartment houses will receive hot water from 6:30 to 2:00 a.m. with specific allocations for icing shaving and dish washing as the program begins next week.
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New York
Aus
Trg
F. H. Lee Guardia
Amy Betyech
War Capture Proves Reunion in Camp Bowie Area
CAMP BOWIE Aug 1 Ffo Eddie Rivox a former resident now in North Gaéolian maneuver area praised one act in the war games writing to Mrs Lala Cayton. COLLEGE STATION Aug 1 He is on the Blue Horse Onmonthelyan g. Carlyle 66 died at his Bryan home yesterday after a career at the agricultural experiment station. Survivors include his widow a daughter Frances and his mother all of Bryan. Do your own boss by purchasing a business of your own See Classification 42 Light Want Ada.
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Camp Bowie
Eddie Rivox
Chemstic Human Foods Research
Tinstliye Toyas
Mae
Bryaty
Capme
Cnenlstey
Vision
Raugh«Ster
Frances
Bryan
Two Earth Tremors Reported Near New York
Two tremors were recorded in the New York area on the afternoon of August 17. The shocks occurred about five minutes apart, with one traced to a location in the Caribbean region. Official sources confirmed the events and noted the time as approximately 4:14 p.m. Eastern War Time.
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New York
Caribbean
Kardlian University
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