Don Politico Retrospective Highlights Year in San Antonio
A year in San Antonio politics is recapped with headlines on County Clerk Albert G. Trawalter and allies like City Commissioner Jacob Rubiola. Chief Deputy Constable Duke Carver is noted, with mentions of Sheriff Will W. Wood, Judge McCrory, Mayor G. K. Quin, and political shifts toward an expected city boss role. The piece notes party dynamics, key appointments, and notable cases and elections shaping 1937.
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Courts Split on Picketing Rights in 1936 Labor Ruling
In Chicago and Kansas City two Midwestern courts issued conflicting decisions on picketing rights amid the 1936 labor turmoil. The Illinois appellate court ruled a local union may picket a plant that does not employ its members, while a federal court in Kansas City held a Daylight Guilty group could picket when employees are restricted by work stoppages and face censure for lawful labor activity.
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Why Americans Should Buy American and Protect Industry
Opinion by William Randolph Hearst urging Americans to support domestic production, high wages, and protective policies. He argues high taxes and tariffs raise costs, weakening U S industry and employment while praising protectionist principles. He calls for prioritizing American labor, living standards, and national wealth over free trade experimentation.
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Job Insurance Plan Wins Effect Across Nation
The New Year brings a planned unemployment program in 21 states and the District of Columbia. The jobless insurance system begins amid continued recession fears, with officials expecting no immediate relief burden drop but hoping long term stability. Over 400 million dollars have been allocated from employer payroll taxes for distribution in the initial states including Texas Alabama Arizona California District of Columbia Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota New Hampshire New York North Carolina Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Tennessee Utah Vermont Virginia West Virginia and Wisconsin. Others such as Idaho Iowa Mississippi New Mexico Oklahoma South Dakota Michigan will join in 1978.
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Drug Store Strikers Agree to Mediate
New you January 1 1s Representatives of striking employees of the Whelan drug stores left have agreed to meet company officials before the state board of mediation Monday morning to settle the strife. The strikers demanded higher wages and shorter hours against the store of the national drug chain here last year. December 18. Most stores have been picketed.
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Body of Texas Bay Floats 100 Miles
The body of 7 year old Richard Arlen Ragland was found about 100 miles downstream from the place he was last seen after drowning in the Colorado River two weeks earlier. The search location was below Smithville, Texas, with reports noting river routes and local classifications in the notices.
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Child Killed Under Truck in San Antonio Incident
A San Antonio child, Jesus Mendoza, 5, was crushed by a truck on Pita City Road near 400 block. Driver Atavace Dalida, 35, claimed the boy darted into traffic. Delgado was booked for negligent homicide after the boy exited a card and ran into the truck’s path.
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Heflin in hospital amid pneumonia crisis
Portney Senator Tom Heflin lies in a Portney hospital with pneumonia, his condition fluctuating as doctors report mixed progress. Dr Wheeler says he is greatly encouraged by the response to treatment, though Heflin remains on an oxygen tent.
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Battle over relief control fuels looming congressional fight
Washington January 16 A battle to return administration of relief to state and local governments begins as factions prepare for a broad congressional contest on economy and relief next week. A bipartisan push in both Senate and House seeks to shift WPA control back to states while federal aid continues. Labor demands may push the Woodrum Amendment debate, with cities resisting relief certification to force state administration.
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Thompson Announces Governor Bid as Campaign Begins in Texas
On January 1, former railroad commissioner Ernest O. Thompson announced from Corpus Christi his bid for governor. He plans to release a detailed bill of particulars on March 1 and will not resign his railroad post. Fort Worth lawyer Clarence Farmer and others are among declared or likely candidates, with Governor Allred possibly seeking a third term.
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Ford faces court clash with Ford on Wagner Act compliance
The National Labor Relations Board plans to sue Henry Ford in a federal circuit court probably in Ohio or the District of Columbia to force Ford Motor Co to comply with the Wagner Act after a December ruling found Ford guilty of interfering with self organization by subverting the United Auto Workers and labeling workers as a company union at River Rouge. Harry Bennett, head of Ford's service department, denied the charges and said the company would not comply. NLRB officials declined to reveal which jurisdiction will be petitioned to enforce compliance.
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Baby Epidemic Threat Is Denied
CHICAGO January 1. Officials discounted fears of an internal epidemic after 13 baby deaths at St Elizabeth's hospital and county hospital unexplained in December. Dr Ole C Nelson said three infant deaths since December 23 were due to pneumonia, a normal seasonal rate, with no maternity ward closures. A mother reportedly contracted scarlet fever after delivery in a ward.
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Eight Ohioans Die in New Year Traffic Crashes
A survey shows at least eight Ohio residents killed in New Year’s Eve traffic accidents despite pre holiday safety campaigns. Dozens more were injured as officers urged caution and stricter compliance with traffic laws during the holiday period.
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LaGuardia and Dewey Sworn Into Key New York Posts
Fiorello LaGuardia was sworn in as mayor becoming the first reform mayor to take office in New York City history under a reform banner. His running mate Thomas E Dewey was sworn in as New York County district attorney the first independent to hold the post in 20 years.
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