Court Test Seetion Warrant Issuing ANDERSON v. INACTION
A tense commissioners court debate over a $30,000 warrant issue pits Judge Anderson and County Judge Uhr against warrants for road funding. Uhr blasts the injunction fight and pledges to seek court review, while Anderson urges restraint as lawyers prepare for Friday hearings.
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Charles Anderson
Anderson
Sam Anderson
Jasuen
Commissioners' Court
Easton
J. W.daniel
Maton
Robert F. Uhr
Dur
Uhr
Caen
Jones-Malisberger Road
John F. Onion
Third District Court
Sul
Jone Mallaberger
Fridey
County Commissioners Court
Maban-Dittmar
Bond House
United Fae Bupreme Court
Gittinger
T'vo
Gantinind
Weather Watcher Sees Mild Texas Winter Ahead
Professor J Henry Jarboe notes San Antonio’s winter has been milder than usual with four brief freezes past. He cites a 0.3 inch rainfall, 63 degree low, and forecasts highs near 78 and 70 with a 44 degree low Thursday morning.
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J. Henry Jarboe Wenesday
San Antonio
Raummer
Jarhoe
Jarbod
Jarbog
U S Treasury Report Shows Half Year Red In 1939
The government ran a heavy deficit in the first half of the 1939 fiscal year with expenditures totaling 4 528 200 700 72 while receipts were 2 927 205 396 99. Debt rose to 39 427 183 903 74 at December 30 1938, from 97 278 281 518 10 a year earlier.
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Washington
Treasury
Prowler Flees After Attempted Burglary Of Baroness
Baroness M J von B Pequignot awoke to a prowler at 1012 North Alabama Street and fought him, grabbing his waist as he dragged over a fence. The intruder escaped amid a mud splattered struggle. police, including Inspector Gus Klocken Kemper and Patrolmen Debona and Carter, searched the area but found nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.J. von B. Pequignot
North
Ala
Gus Klocken
Kemper
R. Debona
George Carter
One Loaf or Two How Stirs Up Mexico City
In Mexico City a bread price dispute pits union bakers against independent dealers about whether bread should be sold as one piece or two. The union argues one loaf yields better quality while others insist the two pieces option is heavier and more fair. Shouts and disorders were reported as talks continued and contracts were signed with the union bakery trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Bycelsiaf
Patong
Special Jury Two Killed In Louisiana Tornado
A pre-spring tornado in Montgomery Louisiana killed two people Ross Metcalfe and his wife and seriously injured their infant son. Seven stores were wrecked along the main block and property losses reach about 50000 as homes and a power plant were damaged in a brief but violent storm.
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Montgomery
Ross Metcalfe
Wille
Sherr H. B. Bower
Metcalfe
J. E. Swor
Two WPA workers killed as tree falls on crew near Warren
Four others injured when a tree toppled on six WPA workers at a West Warren project site. The dead include Frank Freeman 48 of Hicksbaugh and Murray Eeeel 42 of Warren. Wes McCullum 40 of Woodville remains hospitalized with severe injuries. Bill Gardner 62, Bert Bennett 60, and Clyde Durham ? Warren were injured in the accident.
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Woodville
Wes| McCullum
Beaumont Hospital
WPA
Frank Freeman
Hicks‘bough
Murray Eeeel
Warren
Toad Project West
Bill Gardner
Hicksbaugh
Bert Bennett
Clyde Durham
Small Craft Warning Issued East of New Orleans
The New Orleans weather bureau ordered small craft warnings at 8:30 a m CST for east of New Orleans to Valparaiso Florida. Forecast calls for fresh to occasionally strong south and southeast winds this afternoon or tonight.
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New Orleans
Oklahoma Town Hit by Fire Blazing Through Businesses
A January 4 blaze in Tishomingo Oklahoma destroyed three business houses and a theater with losses estimated above 60,000. Fire companies from Madill and Ardmore aided, the fire began in a shoe shop in the central business district of the town with 1300 residents. The cause was undetermined.
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Oklahoma
Tishomingo
Okio
Madill
Ardmore
Christmas cigar blamed for Boston man's collapse
In Lynn Massachusetts a 37 year old Boston man Edward Cotton collapsed after a Christmas cigar. Police attributed the incident to excessive smoke and a blow from the cigar leading to facial injuries. The report says he was so overwhelmed by the smoke that the sidewalk appeared unsafe.
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Lynn
Mass
Edward Cotton
Boston
Coteston
Effort Underway to Free Grounded Ferry Chief Wawaton
Attempts continued to refloat the 352 foot railroad car ferry Chief Wawaton grounded on Graham Shoals in a snowstorm near St Terence New York. The vessel carries a crew of 32 and was stranded for a week.
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ST. Tonace
Mich
Dan
Wawntem
North
New York
Jon
Graham
Aula Me. Johnson
Mount Holyoke College
Roosevelt frames Munich as a warning to US democracy
President Roosevelt addresses a joint session warning that peace at Munich is not assured and undeclared wars and new aggressions threaten America. He argues for armed defense, an ever ready nation, and social and economic reforms to sustain democracy against dictatorships.
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Washington
Jal
Roosevelt Guld
Europe
Crexhaslavakia
Germany
Africa
Italy
Ethiopia
Asia
Japan
Roosevelt
House
Garnet
Bankhead
United States
Imust
Christmas Skates Bring Tragedy At Old Red Lake
Three grammar school girls Shirley McEvoy 12 Joan McEvoy 9 and Patsy Grace 12 drowned after falling through thin ice on Old Red lake near Lansrowne. Patrolman Schneider cited an unidentified youth who warned them and later found a hole in the ice. Bodies recovered hours later.
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Lansrowne
Min
Shirley
Joan McEvoy
Patsy Grace
Old Red Lake
Ernest Bl. Schneider
Schneider
Taxi Union Chief Shot in Houston. Wages Row Ties
Taxi union president S. Massoni of Houston was shot and hospitalized in Galveston after a wage and hour dispute with local taxi firms. A driver, J M Gibbons, faces assault and murder charges in connection with the shooting.
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Houston
Van
INS
Lais S. Massoni
Loca
Galveston Hospital
Galvestonaxi
J.M
Pop
Gibbons
Death in Chair for Cash Killer Nears
Franklin Fierce McCall, kidnap killer of Jimmy Cash, faced imminent execution by electric chair in Tallahassee. The U.S. Supreme Court had not intervened after the state Supreme Court refused to hear the case, leaving only a last appeal option.
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Tallahassee
Fls
INS
Franklin Fierce McCall
Jimmy Cash
Eit
U. S. Supreme Court
Sinté Supreme Court
Tke
Waggoner Estate Agrees to Back Taxes Payment
The board of tax appeals says the W T Waggoner estate of Fort Worth will pay 221 732 dollars in additions to the 1929 30 back tax. The ruling includes 26 401 dollars for 1930 income and stems from depreciation deductions disputed by the estate. The case centered on whether depreciation claims should reduce taxable income.
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Washington
Board of Tax Appeals
W.T. Waggoner
Fort, Worth
Commissionet of Internal Revenue
Mexican Officers Seek Auto Thieves
El Paso reports Juarez and Chihuahua state police swept the Tuarea valley to hunt two automobile thieves who opened fire on Texas and Mexican officers in a gun battle at the Zaragozo bridge on the Rio Grande. Both suspects believed wounded.
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EL Paso
Juarez and
Chumahua
Tuarea Valley
Texas
Zaragozo Bridge
Rio ‘Ayanche
Grew Plans Return From Japan Visit This Spring
Ambassador Joseph Grew will travel to the United States for spring vacation and report to President Roosevelt on events in Japan. Acting Secretary Sumner Welles announced the visit and review of current relations between Washington and Tokyo.
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Joseph Measel
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
John Roosevelt
Beatrice White
White House
Treasury Department
Hatt Nowe Phate
Washington
Far
INS
America
Japan
Joseph
Grew
United States
Vacaion
Sumner Woller
Trap Rustler Gang At Robbers Roost
Tooele Utah July 4 lawmen report trapping a rustler gang at Robbers Roost near Leckout mountain in a sparsely settled valley. Sheriff Alan White says three men George Katsarels 45 Skul Vahey and Mika Botgakis were arrested as part of the sheep theft ring netting over a thousand head. brands marked with red paint.
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Tooele
Utah
Tooele County
Alan White
Tonéle
George Katsarels
Skul Vahey
Mika Botgakis
Copperton
Sarr Kappas
Bingham
Leckout Mountain
White
Jooks
Peany Lipl Mg
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Highway Commission
Bexar County
Porter Loring
Prado
L. J. Gite Vinger
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Grainger
Cornell
Onion
U. S
A. Prowler
Pruge
Louisiana
Loring Group
DON Politico
Forthriight
Porter Loring Grand Jury
Seventy Third District
McCrory
iTayloe
Everett F. Johnson
Fittseventh
McGrory
McCrory Court
Ang
Jdge
Loring Grand Jury
Odds and Ends
Sexar
Harry Drought
Wisconsin
Paul Eilday
Maury
Maverick
Gud
Robert Lee Bohrits
Charlie Dickson
Carlos
AL Berchelmann
Mary Belle Mayer
Theo Plummer
Charles W. Anderson
Bushick
Con Plummer
Tat Dwyer
C. K. Henry Mezzetti
Jeatier
District Court
Raige
Pher Teason
Tol
East Gulf
Newark, Nady
Sylvia Misler
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Solons
Tay Adutttion
Advas
Comeing
Taxi Union
Japan Post
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