Courthouse Patronage War Ends In Surprise Truce
In San Antonio, Sheriff West and Bexar County commissioners averted a patronage clash as a midnight meeting approved West’s appointees for courthouse staff. Officials held talks to resolve power over staffing while promising cooperation.
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Albert’ Wi West
Bexar
West
San Antonio
Gerdénere
Lenalty
Criminal District Strokey
Attorney General’s Department
Comme
Albert Hauser
County Officers Take Oath as West Assumes Charge
County officers and deputies were sworn in as West took charge, with George W. Huntress Jr administering the oaths. The commissioners approved two motorcycle officers Charles Matson and J W Bryant to assist as needed. Sheriff Hausser welcomed the new term while former deputies continued briefly, and R W Stappenbeck became county jailer replacing Brashear. Alfonso Newton Jr. named chief deputy.
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Commissioners’ Court
West
George W. Huntress Jr
Charles Matson
J W. Bryant
Albert Hausser
H. A. Woods
Hausser
Frank Matthews
Olivar Keene
Mausser
R. W. Stappenbeck
Boxer County
J. J. Lawrence
Ahernt
German Workers Ban Time Clock
Berlin reports a shift in German factories where Dr. Robert Ley of the Arbeits Front ends time clocks. Instead workers assemble for a brief address at start, then depart after the roll call by departments, replacing punching and clocking as a form of control deemed degrading.
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Berlin
Glocx
Robert Ley
Germany
Arberts Front
Br. Ley
Heavy Snow Hits Western Massachusetts in Storm
North Adams Massachusetts reports heavy snowfall blanketing the region before noon as a storm that began around 1 am moves across western Massachusetts. Residents cope with deep snow as schools and travel are impacted.
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North Adams
Mass
Jam
Western
Massachsetts
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Faces Prohibition Era Prosperity Gap
Saint Pierre and Miquelon, capital of its last North American possession, entered 1935 with empty warehouses and idle wharves. Prohibition era wealth vanished as liquor trade declined. government roads and wharves were built to support a fleet of bottle fishing vessels. In 1933 the colony held $1.5 million, now near vanishing point. France may aid, but limits on spending loom. Fishing remains the sole industry but wages fall short for winter. Government aid provides 8 francs daily per man plus 2 francs per wife and 1.5 francs per child.
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ST. Pierre
Min
France
North America
Saint Piérre and Miquelon
United States
Saint Pierre
West Indigh
la Belle France
Frances
One-Word Book in Its Third Edition
In Geograda on January 3 the book Who Rules the World claims to be the shortest in the world. Author Radiyo Momirski presents the single word Money as the title inside the book which has already sold well and reached its third edition.
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Geograda
INS
Radiyo 8
Momirski
Legion Pushes for Immediate Payment of Bonus Certificates
In Washington on January 1, Frank N. Belgrano Jr, national American Legion commander, urged immediate payment of adjusted service certificates despite President Roosevelt’s opposition. He cited Roosevelt’s reminder that many veterans faced family assets and argued that paying the balance could aid recovery, while lawmakers prepared to let Congress decide the issue amid broad debate with the Veterans of Foreign Wars. In Louisville, a clock in Gebhard’s clockwork mechanism marked 1955 with a blue caped bugler welcoming the new year.
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Washington, D. C
Frank N. Belgrano Jr
American Legion
Roosevelt
Legion
Belgrano
Garland J. Farmer
Henderson
Texas
Congress
Garland R. Farmer
James H. van Zandt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Farmer
van Zandt
POST
A. (. Carlson
Louisville
Jan
Allene
Lillian Gebhard
Europe
United States
Mexico School Aims for Socialistic Education Policy
In a statement from D. F. on January 1 official Ignacio Garcia Tellez, secretary of public education, outlined the revolutionary government's goals of eliminating inequity and exploitation of man by man and religious prejudice through Socialistic education. He said private schools will need licenses and conform to regulations, no religious groups may run or fund schools, and primary education will be compulsory and free.
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Mexico
Ignacio Garcia Tellez
Garcia Tellez
Caterpillar Honored With Memorial Hall Plan
Brisbane readers report a memorial hall to be built at Boonage near Chinchilla Queensland. The Cactoblastis Memorial Hall will honor the caterpillar Cactoblastis cactorum, whose caterpillar destroyed prickly pear invading fields, turning wasteland into productive land. Residents have undertaken the project as a gesture of gratitude.
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Brisbane
Boonatge
Chinchilla
Queensland
Boonche
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Charles M. Dickson
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Naylor
Benno Scheel
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Thomas H. Abbott Jr
J. W. Donnell
Robert F. Uhr
George W. Huntress
Bexar County
Albert W. West Jr
Massachusetts
West Commerce Street
Garfield
Island Ees
Pushigloge Bugler
Blowsin
ANS Dethled
Caterpillar Foe of Cactus
Fiores
Teggrocs
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