United States Reaches 403040 Under Arms In Peacetime Plan
Washington reports the first contingent of 20 370 draftees induction ends as total armed forces reach 403 040 men. Officers say peacetime totals will hit the million mark next year and double by summer while housing and facilities lag. Draftees, regulars, federalized guard numbers listed. draft phase one ends with southeastern states completing inductions.
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Washington
United States
America
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Department
Mexico Highway Program Studied
MEAIGU CITY Dec 16 A study into the Pan American Highway project in Mexico was announced by the ministry of communications and public works. The plan, approved by President Avila Camacho, would likely be financed by a bond issue. Officials estimate completion from Laredo Texas to Puebla will cost about 25000000 dollars.
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Meaigu City
Ministry of Communications and Public Works
Avila Camacho
Laredo
Texas
Puebla
Communications Ministry
President to Be Elected President to Be Elected
Roosevelt’s third term victory remains history as the electoral college meets today to cast ballots in state capitals. Electors will mail votes to Congress, formal returns on January 6. Roosevelt won 443 electoral votes to Willkie’s 82. popular totals were 7,241,930 to 2,427,226.
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Washington
Des
Roosevelt
Imadn
Wendell L. Wallkle
Willkie
Flu Epidemic Peaks Near in San Antonio
San Antonio health officials report a widespread influenza epidemic not yet at its peak. Dr. W A King says 700 cases officially to the health department, with home-treated cases likely doubling. School absences rise to 20 percent, possibly 30 percent, hitting primary grades hardest as V T Brackenridge elementary logs 350 absentees from 965 pupils.
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San Antonio
W. A. King
King
Health Department
V. T. Brackenridge
Guadalupe and Brazos
Alexandria Battling Bronchial Influenza Epidemic In December
Alexandria Louisiana reports a bronchial influenza outbreak amid a floating population of 35 000 including defense workers soldiers and hangers on. Health officials note crowded living conditions and tents fueling spread with 30 000 estimated cases though no deaths yet. Nearby Lake Charles sees 6000 cases as epidemic spreads across western state. In Dallas Dr Calvin Richard Hannah a 65 year old physician and obstetrician gynecologist dies of a heart attack.
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Alexandria
Bon of Health
Camp Beattygard
Hangers-On
National Guard
Lake Charles
Dallas
Calvin Richard Hannah
Garment Union Drive Planned Across Southern States
David Dubinsky president of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and Meyer Perlstein of St. Louis visited San Antonio to confer with employers and workers as plans expand to mobilize more than 44 000 garment workers across Texas Georgia and Mississippi. They urged production modernization to reduce waste and increase earnings while a broad coalition of local manufacturers and associations attended a luncheon and discussed organizational expansion and recruitment efforts.
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Texas
Tonneuser
Georgia
Mississippi
David Dubinsky
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Dubinsky
Meyer Perlstein
St. Louis
Umion
Dubiinsky Inc Adentiona
Ibn Ali
Hi Dubinsky
Perdster
St. Anthony Hotel
San Antonio
fGnrcent Manufacturers’ Association
Juvenile Manufacturing Association
Bel Gartient Company
Esskiy Manufacturing Company
Belter Tyrants
Weng
Josephy Live, Inc
Carr Clothving Company
Rebecca Taylor
Loli
San Antonio Moals
Bylwit Lat
Garment, Manufacturing Association
State Health Head Denies Epidemic
In Austin Dee1 limited dispatch reports from 100 Texas counties show 2068 influenza cases, officials say no epidemic. Texas Health Commissioner Dr. George W. Cox notes pneumonia cases remain low. railroad official Ernest O. Thompson cites no cases among soldiers in Brownwood.
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Dee
INS
Texas
State Health Department
George W. Cox
Cox
Frances Schreiner Jeffers Funeral Held
Services for Mrs Frances Schreiner Jeffers widow of Mor L Jeffers were held Monday at the residence of Mrs Hiram Parkes 60 Telknap Bishop W T Capers officiated Burial at Mission Park Survivors include daughters Mrs James Walker Haymore sons William Charles Jetics sisters Mrs Tivarn Partee and M Williams brothers L A Schreiner and Gus Belweimer Omitted uncertain details
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Solomor L. Jeffers
Charles Schreiner
Hiram Parkes
Telknap Place
Bishop
W.T. Capers
Mission Park
Jeffers
Texas
Gta
8 Anethony Hotel
WH Tulle
Jim Beasley
Marshall Terrell
Ed C. Tarrant
Jack Neal
Lytle Gosling
James Walker Haymore
Wil- Mam
Charles Jetics
Tivarm Partee
CG Rigsby
L. A
Chic Schreiner
Uris City
Gus Belweimer
Kerrville
Flu Epidemic in Oklahoma City Eases
Oklahoma City officials report flu reports near epidemic levels have fallen. Weekly cases dropped from 208 last week to around 118 this week, with hundreds previously recorded. Fort Sill soldiers received treatment, while several agencies note ongoing cases at the University of Oklahoma and in the state.
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Oklahoma City
Wee
Bowl of Health
University of Oklahorm
Army Segregates Denver Flu Victims
Denver area military officials at Lowry Field announced measures to halt a flu outbreak among air corps personnel. About 206 to 400 soldiers were confined to quarters as Lt Col Louis S. Fick ordered temporary hospital wards and dedicated isolation rooms to care for those ill.
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INS
Lowry Mele
Army Air Corps
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Fick
Sata Saverat
Two FDR Boys in San Antonio Keep School Ties
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mead and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Lay attend Pershing School in San Antonio as first graders. Mead’s father Allen M. Mead ran for Texas lieutenant governor while Lay, born in New York, lives with his mother at Bandmeyer Street. Laury seeks a sailor path. Mead aims to be a lawyer. Christmas shopping list and Light Want Ads follow.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
San Antonio
Pershing School
Laury
O. Filifine
Mead
Allen M. Mead
Texas
Tike
F. D. R. Mead
New Braunfels Avenue
F. D. H. Laury
New York
Washington, D. C
Lves
Bandmeyer Street
Oklahoma Editor to Visit Fort Sam Houston for Observation
Lieut. Gowailer M. Harrison, assistant chief of staff of the Forty fifth division and former managing editor of the Daily Oklahoman, will arrive at Fort Sam Houston Tuesday for a two day visit to observe operation of the military intelligence section of the Eighth corps and Second division, under orders from Maj. Gen. Walter Krueger.
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Gowailer M. Harrison
Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Walter Krueger
Eighth Corps
Army cuts red tape to speed camp construction
Washington Pec 16 The army reshapes the $1 97 billion construction program with Lieut Col Somervell in charge of construction to accelerate camp and cantonment work. He announces decentralization to five administrative sections and will name zone representatives to empower field decisions and cut delays. Weather and labor issues remain potential handicaps as the drive to meet a June target continues.
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Pec
Army
Brebon
Somervell
Bonnervell
Ito
Stinson
Dou
Leach
War Department
Continental
United States
Germans Admit Berlin Raid Loss
Berlin report says British air raids last night killed and wounded in Berlin and eastern Germany. German high command acknowledged some damage including two hospitals hit and a church destroyed near Bertord. One raid plane was shot down. no Nazi losses reported. Propaganda leaflets were dropped in a Berlin suburb.
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High Command
Taigol Demonstrates Typing Skill at Draughor College
Taigol impressed Draughor's Business College students with a 441 words per minute typing rate. The feat followed his 1995 world typing championship win as SPARK TIME BOOKS noted, while J Tidwell of Baylor spoke of weekly Bible study commitments and recent publications.
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Draughor
Business College
Tangora
Spark Time
Waco
Der
M—ian
J. Tidwell
Baylor
City Election Officials Replace Amid Charter Election
City election officials meet to appoint replacements after a Tuesday charter amendment election. Officials described as eighty four in number held president roles and govern the polling areas. The city council acted Monday morning to fill the vacancies.
Grace Gilbert Death Declared Result of Own Action
Dallas dispatch reports funeral services arranged for Grace Gilbert 25 employed by BAS after a plunge from a Waco hotel window fatally injured. Justice of the Peace Peate McKie Walker ruled death by own action. Survived by parents and a brother.
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Grace Gilbert
BAS Company
Waco
Waco Justier
Peate McKie Walker
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