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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1940
Page
13
A collage of vignettes and reader notes from a San Antonio area page. residents boast patriotism with painted boxes while others share snippets about stores on Commerce Street and a 30 year old prankish Riverside sign. mentions of local figures Joe Donnell, Terreco Barbosa, and Joe Clay Roberts linked to cultural happenings and small-town life.
Congressman Paul J. Kilday reports neighbors near the San Antonio arsenal doubt safety after papers note a proposed 525000 appropriation to rehabilitate the arsenal. Maj. Gen. Wesson says only limited small arms ammunition is stored. explosives are kept at Camp Stanley in separate magazines. The arsenal holds ammo like a hardware store in a 1860 four story warehouse with four foot nails.
The report notes a facility filled with spares of ordnance and spare parts, including tanks and anti air and antitank weapons. It states additional space for storage is needed as production rises, and proposed appropriations would enable the addition. Some funds will not be used to improve magazines in San Antonio to hold ammunition or explosives.
In a humorous column the author recalls a New Mexico pack trip and relays a letter from the acting Mexican consul in Los Angeles objecting to a line about hitching a vacation. He defends New Mexican Cowboys as American and quips about a needed apology to the Los Angeles Examiner.
Under a WPA project approved Wednesday, 12,489 feet of sanitary sewers will be added to the West side. The immediate work costs 28,378 dollars with the city paying 7,881 and the WPA 20,380. The blanket plan totals 220,485 dollars with the WPA contributing 172,322 and the city 58,163 for new sewers. Installations span several streets including Chihuahua to Bantiggo, Guadalupe segments, Colima, River Drive, and Zarzamora area.
Tests completed Wednesday on cafeteria fruits and vegetables for San Antonio schools led to contracts worth about 12000 dollars. Cafeteria supervisor Mrs. E O Moffett and purchasing agent R D Coley tested 35 brands for quantity and quality before awarding the contracts. Foods are sold at cost to students, with savings lowering costs for fall term starting September 9. Work completed in all cafeterias. new sterilizers installed. Jefferson and Brackenridge high schools use mechanical dishwashers.
Harlandale board adopts a 140000 budget to cover next year expenses while South San Antonio school industries plans a similar budget next week. Raises of 50 dollars for lower bracket teachers are noted and Los Angeles Heights district approves 171150 for the coming year with 53803 unexpended and raises for lower bracket salaries. The district also gains an increase in per capita state allotment to 115 more students.
Police concluded the death of Juan M. Sanchez, 38, at 2103 West Travis Street was from a brain hemorrhage after an autopsy at Robert B. Greet Hospital. Investigator C A Dotson said no foul play was found and the early Wednesday probe was dropped.
Mrs. Doylester of 145 Auelia and her mother Mrs. Baby Grissom of Bag Wells will both earn Master of Arts degrees from Southwest Texas Teachers College. Grissom began her master's work last summer, commuting 130 miles each Saturday from Big Wells, and her thesis is Negro Contributions to American Literature. Standifer attended Saturday classes and completed thesis work on case studies in junior high school. the two women traveled to San Antonio for Grissom's studies.
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