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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1940
Page
13
Police Chief Ray Ashworth warned officers Friday to comply with reporting instructions and denied rumors of a new department shake-up like the one that discharged over 60 officers. He aims to have 37 mental-exam passed applicants ready for service within two months, to fill a 24-officer shortfall.
San Antonio packing houses push to open markets in Texas cities for local meat. Deputy Mayor Floyd McGown promised Mayor Maury Maverick would lead delegations to Austin San Angelo and Temple to press for competition. Ed Auge and other packers told McGown that San Antonio’s inspection is the best in the city’s history and urged publicity to win bids for municipal markets while Austin bans certain meats from municipally owned abattoirs.
Eddie Melane, 16, a delivery boy for St Anthony Botle Drug Store, told police a man in the 100 block of East Pecan street took a carton of cigarettes and a package of cards from him and entered the man’s house after money but did not return to pay.
Corrigan spoke of his flying experiences to members of the Young People's club at the Good Will Center and to a group of children who crashed the meeting seeking autographs from the famed Irish flyer.
Concluding session of the two day Texas Veterinary Association convention was to be held Friday afternoon at the Gunter hotel. Moving pleasure films on rabies control and artificial dissemination were to be shown and discussed by Dr M B Starnes of Dallas and Dr R L Anderes of Kansas City. Dr Cassius Way of New York spoke on brood mare diseases and pregnancy diagnosis. The women’s program featured Dr James R Ketchersid of College Station. The afternoon agenda included officer elections.
Dr R L Anderes of Kansas City Mo defended dog rabies vaccination at a Texas Veterinary Medical association meeting. He cited Rockefeller foundation research, reported dramatic drops in human and animal rabies after canine vaccination, and urged annual vaccination, stray dog control, and public cooperation.
Fire Chief C A Hart was elected president of the San Antonio Firemen's Relief Association, succeeding District Chief M L Botler, with the change announced Friday.
Dr George Rich Austin veterinarian at the Texas Veterinary Association meeting lauded San Antonio for its meat inspection program. He said Austin’s ban stems from an ordinance, not a fault in San Antonio’s system, and noted the two inspections share the same principles.
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