Texas retail gains lift holiday sales across line types
December report from the commerce department shows Texas November sales up 17 percent from 1938 across 12 independent stores led by a 9 percent gain in jewelry and a broad rise in retail sectors. Motor vehicle dealers up 8.6 percent while department stores fall 1.6 percent. total volume $15,424,257 with gains concentrated in Dallas El Paso Houston San Antonio Galveston Amarillo and Pampa.
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Commerce Department
Texas
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Giles
Falcows
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el Priso
Houston
San Antena
Bear Galveston
Amarillo
Te Falls
Pampa
Gas Victim Saved From Death
Joe Ortiz of HMG South Leona was revived after a gas leak escaped from three blown out gas fires. His step-daughter Julia Cortez found him unconscious in bed Thursday afternoon. Firemen used an inhalator for 30 minutes before taking him to Robert B. Green hospital where attendants said he will recover.
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HMG
South Leona
Ation
Julia Cortez
Cortes
Firemn
Ortiz
Robert B. Green Hospital
Japs Report Chinese Death Toll in Unrecorded War
Tokyo dispatch reports Imperial forces claim 1,218,162 Chinese soldiers killed or wounded in the undeclared war from 1937 to 1939. Japanese deaths for Oct 1938 to Dec 1939 numbered 27,000 with 38,000 more killed or wounded.
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Tokyo
Imperial Japanese
Decade Changes Life for Calcutta Woman in San Antonio
Mrs. Robert D. Thompson of Calcutta India, long time in India, notes changes in San Antonio after a decade away. Now stopping at the Gunter hotel she laments climate yet plans memory filled visits. A water colorist who studied under Frank Allen in Boston, she recalls drawing in India and hopes to return briefly.
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Calcutta
Unites States
San Antonian
Thompson
Jan Jiper
Manila
California
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
Frank Allen
Massachusetts School of Design
Boston
Carter frames his case as a threat to civil rights in America
Retired army captain and engineer Overiin M Carter argues his 1880 West Point graduation and Savannah harbor project work show his innocence in a court martial. He cites political foes and wartime powers, likening his conviction to the Dreyfus affair and urging Congress to protect civil liberties against military overreach.
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Army Associates
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Savannah
Nicaragua Canal Commission
Tondon
War Department
International Engineering Congress
Stockholm
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Dreyfus
Emile Zola
Zola
Nazi Protest Tide in Berlin and British War Steps
Dec 29 Berlin reports Germany protests to Britain and France over mandated territories used for war aims. Text notes Syria and former German East Africa drawing scrutiny and possible French actions in response. Mentions officials and strategic movements involving allied powers and potential use of routes to aid Turkey.
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Turkey
Letter Carrier Foreman Named to Lead Harlan District
Dewey Hesskow was named by Postmaster Ban Quill to fill the newly created office of foreman of letter carriers in the Harlan Gale district. He will oversee carrier duties and related office details, shaping the carrier force and ensuring proper operations for the area.
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Wattuvehye
Harlan Gale
Ban Quill
Heathow
Kiwanis Club Installation Held at Gunter Hotel
The Kiwanis Club installation was conducted by Herman Ochswag in the dining room of the Gunter hotel with La sperk presenting A Safe Guide for fire safety. Rosalie Valy Faton, a Salvation Army worker, was reported Friday to be improved at Robert A Green hospital after being ill since Christmas Eve.
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Kiwani Club
Malemheon
Gunter Hotel
Herman Ochswag
la Sperk
Rosalie Valy Faton
Jsworker For the Salvation
Robert A Green Hospital
Salvay Wis
Cless Light Want Ads Spur Dream Come True Ideas
Reader asks how dreams may come true through offers in Cless Light Want Ads. The brief explores opportunities and incentives listed in the classified section as potential steps toward personal goals.
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Cless Light
Roosevelt invites non council clergy to peace talks
President Roosevelt extends invitation to leaders of churches not in the Federal Council of Churches to discuss his latest peace efforts in Europe. He plans meetings with Southern Baptists Presbyterians Lutherans and others, following talks with Dr George A Buttrick Rabbi Cyrus Adler and the appointment of Myron C. Taylor as peace envoy to the Vatican.
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Roosevelt
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Europe
George A. Buttrick
Pederal Council of Churches
Cyrus Adler
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Myron CG. Taylor
Vatican
Buttrick
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