Writeup on congress battles and a proposed Warren fix
Forron Lewis Jr. writes from Washington about the anti subsidy bill and the textile of calls against Joe Emart Alec and his allies. The piece cites President Roosevelt and Congress, arguing the fight over price controls and budgets shows democratic processes being tested. It notes Comptroller General Lindsay Warren as a trusted, long serving official who could receive new powers to curb executive overreach.
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Fata
Uhiose
Congrose
Joe
OPA
Rouse
Joe Smart-Alec
Gan
Colencuss
Threa Obger
Congress DM
Yer
Bemec Joe
Ingress Dever
Fet
Rongiss
Treasury
Chambers of Commerce
Internal Revenue
Alaska
Ghee
C. I
Congress
Jor
Chester Davis
Inj
Lindsay Warren
Beng
Warren
Freshmen Class Party Planned at College Recreation Room
Members of the San Antonio Junior College freshmen class will host a party in the college recreation room from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday. The event honors boys leaving school around March 1 to enter the armed forces.
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San Antonio Junior College
Marsh
Armed Forces
Light Offers Prizes in Paper Drive
San Antonio Light launches a waste paper salvage drive in Berar county schools to aid war needs. county pupils have supplied over 75 percent of locally collected waste paper. prizes include gold pennants and cash awards for top schools and rooms, with weekly and monthly targets based on pupil counts. principals should contact the War Barrage Editor for entry details.
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San Antonio
Berar County
Federal War Production Board
Bexar County
Num
Tenmipeligy
War Barrage
San Antonio Light
BroadyWay
Pifth
Lease of X-Ray Equipment Urged
Memo to Mayot Ui B Mauermann notes Jack O Brien of the city health department proposes city lease of $4000 x ray equipment owned by E J Arendt assistant health officer. O Brien says the city could lease the device for about 300 per year and has used it for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayot Ui B. Mauermann
Jack O Brien
City Health Department
E. J. Arendt
O'Brien
Ube
City Expenses Rise in January Report Shows Increase
City expenditures for January totaled 825,486.414 dollars, a rise of 1,267.44 from December which was 253,595.70 dollars. The city auditor Waltee Tacch released the report noting the month to month increase and totals.
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Waltee "Tacch
Tasch
Steel Wage Panel Named
Washington February 1 The war labor board named a six member panel representing labor industry and the public to hear the steel workers plea for a 17 cent an hour raise. Members include John Despot Jean Stephen Levitzky Hugh Morrow Edwin D Bransome Dand L Cole and N F Feinsinger.
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Washington
Fed
War Labor Board Today
WOB
John Despot
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
United Steel Workers
CIO
Jean Stephen Levitzky
Pittsburgh
GIO Steel Workers
Hugh Morrow
Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company
Birmingham
Ala
Edwin D. Bransome
Vanadium Corporation , of America
Dand L. Cole
New Jersey
N. F. Feinsinger
Wlbs Disputes Division
Texas Oil Man Flags Bagworms in Athens
A Texas oil man Lieut Col E B LaRue urges in an Athens advertisement that provisions in the Texas constitution still prevent service members from voting in the upcoming election. He cites Civil War era voting rights and accuses current officials of using the clause to deny veterans' ballots.
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Athens
Texas
E. B. LaRue
West Texas
Roosevelt
LaRue
Richard Coke
Carpetbagger Davis
Davis
Coke
Patterson Praises War Heroes In Salerno Speech
Former 8 A. Flier’s Medal honors Capt Carl W Bradford of Wes Jaco named valley hero of the week by Brownsville Herald. Bradford earned the Air Medal with seven Oak Leaf Clusters for 40 combat missions as a B 24 Marauder pilot. He flew Bugs Bunny missions, led B 26 groups, and survived a water rescue after his plane was shredded by flak near Salerno. Patterson, addressing San Antonio chamber, saluted the 36th Division and praised Rayburn as a great American statesman.
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Carl W. Bradford
Wes Jaco
San Antonio
Brownsville
Selerno
Atro
Patterson
Bradford
Ae Aes
Salerno
Rayburn
Gunter Hotel
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Paul Kilday
Liitt
Brehon B. Somerville
Army Service Forces
Washington, D. C
E. S&s. Greenbaum
Largest Seabee in Navy Highlighted by Official Paper
Edmund B Forester, a 305 pound San Antonian, is hailed by The Bee Line as the largest man in the navy among 350,000 Seabees at the Williamsburg training station. He wears the navy uniform he long desired, but was refused due to his size. now on leave visiting his mother, Mrs. Luin Mae Forester of 108 Warren Street.
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Marines
Coeach Guard
Vahk Corps
Merchant Marine
Edmund B. Forester
Sly Foo
San Antonian
Forester
Bee Line
Seabee
Williameburg
Navy
Poreater
Nome
Luin Mae Forester
Warren Street
San Antonio Merchant Buys Calcasieu Building
Morris Alison announced the purchase of the Calcasieu building at the northeast corner of Broadway and Travis by paying $120,000 cash. The building was erected twenty years ago by Bedell Moore at a cost around $300,000, and the sale was made by the Moore estate.
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M. Kallison
Calcasieu Building
Broadway
Travis Streets
Morris Alison
San Antonio
Calcasieu
Bedell Moore
Moore
S A Commander Becomes Colonel In Army Air Forces
Announcement from Boise Idaho confirms Maj James Gianatti commander of a bomber group in the Second Air Force has been promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Army Air Forces. A Randolph Field graduate of 1928, Colonel Gianatti is married to Martha Jean Norman, daughter of Mrs Genevieve Iroutsman of San Antonio.
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James Gianatti
Second Air Force
Boise
Idaho
Army Air Forces
Randolph Field
Giamatti
Martha Jean Norman
Genevieve ,Iroutsman
San Antonio
Three to Be Named on Housing Board in San Antonio
Mayor Gus Mauermann will appoint three members to the San Antonio Housing Authority governing board on Wednesday morning replacing three Quin appointees F Redondo Lewis Schlesinger and Charles Alblldress. The board has upcoming semi monthly meeting.
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Gus
Mauermann
San Antonio’Housing Authority
F. Redondo
Lewis Schlesinger
Charles Albl
Private Suddenly Becomes Captain in a Mistaken Promotion
A San Antonio private, after a brief reflection on mining work, is accidentally promoted to captain when an urgent call arrives at a hotel. He returns home and finds his new rank confirmed by a startled lieutenant, then discovers he has no keys or real authority as the captain.
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San Antonio
St. Anthony
Woodens
Cap-Jwent
Anthony
Hay Hotel
War Chest Election Set in San Antonio
Ten officers plus board members of the War Chest of San Antonio and Bexar County will be elected at the annual meeting on March 43, announced Saturday. At a board meeting, 1942 campaign chairman Alex R. Thomas said a total of 798,515 dollars, or 101 percent of the 1943 goal, had been pledged by 73,303 givers to date. The secretary-manager reported the Plecgée account is slightly ahead of last year, now at 73 percent of the total pledged. The board set the annual allotment for the children’s extended school services at 3730 dollars, financing after-school centers and nursery schools in San Antonio through federal funds, the War Chest, and mothers’ payments.
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War Chest of
San Antonio
Bexar County
Wes
Alex R. Thomas
War Chest
Salesmen's Group Formed in San Antonio
A San Antonio accident and health insurance group formed as the San Antonio Accident and Health Underwriters Association. Officers elected include Francis C. Sullivan as president H F Andrew as vice president Paul E. Sheppard as secretary treasurer and M J Monahan D Harlan George Nassauer Sol Danlinger HP Ballew on the executive committee. Charter membership will be held open until March 31 for a national charter. another meeting is planned at the Plaza hotel on March 7.
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San Antonis
San Antonio
sJand Health
Francis C.sullivan
H. F. Andrew
Paul £. Sheppard
M. J. Monahan
D. Harlan
George Nassauer
Sol Daniiger
Ballew
Phest
Plaza Hotel
Robbins Gets Sewer Report
City health director Dr Lewis C Robbins received a report from Ralph Marvel head of sanitation showing 64 sewer connections in January and 43 in February to date in San Antonio None were in new homes per the findings
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Lewis C. Robbins
Ralph Marvel
City Sanitation Division
SanAntonia
Ithe
Southwestern Dean Meyer to Lecture at Municipal Auditorium
Dean H. Meyer head of Southwestern University’s school of fine arts will lecture in the West Wing of the Municipal Auditorium at p.m. Sunday. Sponsored by the Ben Antonio Music Teachers Association, the talk titled Our Musical Literally, a Study in Read will be open to the public. Meyer has 25 years in Texas music education, teaching piano and organizing public school music at Howard Payne, Daniel Baker and Southwestern, and has chaired music clubs for two years.
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Menry H. Meyer
School of Fine Arts
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Municipal Auditorium
Ben Antonio
Dean Meyer Hen
Texas
Howard Payne
Daniel Baker
Southwestern
Federated
Texas Federation
Anti Willkie Club Emerges in GOP Metropolis
A new anti Willkie Republican group forms in a southern metropolis in February 1944. The club pledges to walk out if Willkie is nominated and aims to sway delegates, proposing to cast presidential votes for the real Republican nominee rather than the party standard bearer.
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Gop Metropolts
Publican
CINS
Willkie
Bers
Willie Dublicans
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Houston
Liam
Lore
Ban Amonte
S. Sunday
Light
Texas Oil Man
Capitol
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Trans
Maby Heyer
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Robert P. Patterson
Carl W. Bradford Mada
S. A. Seabee
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Private
Robbins
Morris Plan Bank
Vee Bank
IY Dupidual
Probrat
EOSY
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Heyo's
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Orange
Plains of
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Texas State Optical CO
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