Bond Contest Appeal Filed Over City Improvement Bond
The Taxpayers Protective League filed a bond contest Saturday with District Clerk Hart McCormick alleging illegal voting in the $5.7 million city improvement bond issue election held September 25. Appellants G J Lucchese H H Theis and Maidox posted a $209 appeal bond with Sam C Bennett and Elmer Ware Stan as sureties. the contest was heard in Thirty seventh District Court before Judge Stay Archer. The appeal goes to the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals. voters from Olmos Park and Terrell Mills allegedly denied participation as parts of San Antonio.
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Taxpayers Protective League
Hart McCormick
G. J. Lucchese
H. H. Theis
Maidox
Sam C. Bennett
Elmer Ware Stan
Stay Archer
Austin
RB. W. J. Terrell
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
League
Olmos Park
Terrell Mills
San Antonio
Baering Down On the News By Bugs Baer
A chaotic column by Arthur Bugs Baer mixes slang and rumor about espionage and Mongolian factions, claiming covert smuggling and praise for a Chinese military march while hinting at broader wartime tensions. The piece ends with a Tokyo dateline on wage protests by municipal workers demanding raises, noting pay scales for men and women.
San Antonio Health Campaign Tabloid Exposé
A four page city health department and American Social Hygiene association publication titled You and Your Health promotes a venereal disease campaign. It aims to recruit 50,900 volunteers for a gonorrhea and syphilis testing drive with 100,000 copies distributed citywide through January via Transit Company. The tabloid extols penicillin use and includes a Ripley Believe It or Not cartoon.
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San Antonio
City Health Department
American Social Hygiene Assoriation
San Antonians
Ripley
Honolulu and Argonaut Collision Off Delaware Coast
Philadelphia Jan 12 The cruiser Honolulu collided with the submarine Argonaut off the Delaware coast during heavy fog. One crewman, Witter de Lord D. Johnson Rudford Tl, is reported missing. Argonaut sustained a damaged bow and several forward compartments of the Honolulu were ripped.
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Delaware
Latay
Phlidelphia
Navy
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Witter de Lord D. Johnson
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New Haneda Airfield to Open by July Fifteenth
IVALILAMA Jan W I L reports the new Haneda airfield between here and Tokyo will be completed by July 15. It will have one runway 700 feet in length and another suitable for parallel use. The field will handle traffic of the Air Transport Command.
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Haneda
Here
Tokyo
Air Transport Command
Two Indian Soldiers Dead in Clash Near Soerabaja
Batavia Java Jan 22 British and Indonesian forces clashed southwest of Surabaya near the Dutch naval base. Authorities report two Indian soldiers killed and one wounded in the fighting as tension mounted in the region.
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Batavia
Java
Surrabaja
Hollywood Chatter on Casts and Box Office Buzz
Gossip from Hollywood on casting such as Jane Haver joining Samuel Goldwyn to oppose Danny Kaye in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and Aileen Whelan co starring with Johnny Weissmuller in The Last Frontier. notes on Dillinger Nelson and bias, plus industry polls praising Wilson Laura and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. includes party roundups with Eddie Bracken Dinah Shore Rubinstein and Susan Peters, ending with a quip on film previews.
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Amita Lons
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Brooklyn
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Pirie
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Charlie
Harry Crocker
Arturo Rubinstein
Dinah Shore
George Burns
Reginald Gardiner
Red Skelton
Susan Peters
The
American Medical Journal
Cath
Army Navy Plan Merger Moves Toward Unification
Washington January 14. The army and navy pressed ahead with plans to merge recruiting training and other activities as part of a broader push toward service unification. Admiral Nimitz outlined joint operations including air transport intelligence purchases hospitals and medical research while other areas such as disbursing contracts communications weapons development land transport and post exchanges would be coordinated. Senator Hill disclosed a special committee drafting the administration unification bill would incorporate army ideas for a single defense department headed by a civilian secretary with autonomous armed services and a national defense council for policy coordination.
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Congress
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Red Skelton Robbed in Los Angeles Incident
Red Skelton reported being robbed in Los Angeles after a man in a soldier’s uniform befriended him. The actor said the man offered a 48 pistol and then took $81 from him, threatening with the gun before departing. Police were notified.
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Los Angeles
Rey Skelton
Red
Oregon Wet Leads Congress Race
Walter A. Norsland, Astoria Republican and former WWII corps captain, appeared elected to Congress in Oregon's first district. With 16,878 votes to Bruce M. Spaulding's 8,195 from 355 of 500 precincts, he will succeed the late James W. Metz.
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Ore
Walter A. Norslnd
Astoria
Oregon
Bruce M. Spaulding
James W. Metz
Vet Insurance Change Set
Washington on January 12 outlines legislation for lump sum veteran insurance settlements with options for monthly installments. The measure, supported by General Bradley and the Veterans Administration, would alter current rules by age of beneficiary and introduce multiple payment choices.
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Veterans’ Administration
White House Museum to Open in East Wing Renovation
Architect Lourenzo S. Winslow forecasts reopening of part of the White House to the public next year after extensive renovations begun in spring. The east wing will become a museum with Lincoln’s cabinet clock Monroe’s siteboard and a Lafayette clock moved there, plus a 150 foot west wing addition and 675 seat auditorium for press conferences and events. The project, costing about 1.65 million, aims to restore and repurpose the east wing for tours and ceremonial uses once completed in about a year.
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Kimmel Says Plan Vetoed Before Pearl Harbor
Admiral Kimmel testified that pre Pearl Harbor scout plans for the Gilbert islands were vetoed by the Navy Department. He stated Washington instructed him not to deploy fleet units near Tarawa, and cited Navy rationale that exposing interest could alert Japan. He reported receiving grave-sounding messages from Washington in early 1941 and noted preattack correspondence downplayed the risk of an attack.
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Sacrament Lesson-Sermon Read in Churches of Christ Scientist
The lesson sermon titled Sacrament will be read in all Christ Scientist churches on Sunday January 13. The golden text asks What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits towards me I will take the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord from Psalms 116 13.
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Scientist
Butter Riot in San Francisco Disorder Over Price
In San Francisco today a wholesale house advertised five-pound blocks of butter for sale. A crowd of about five thousand housewives and many men rushed the store, sparking a violent scramble for the butter. Police dispersed the crowd with squeals and the proprietors announced continued sale under police protection.
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Artance
Tie
Butler
Church Radio Series to Air on KABC This Sunday
The San Antonio Council of Churches radio committee starts a Sunday program at 8:15 a.m. on KABC. The new series features missionary field adventive stories aimed at children and broad appeal for listeners of all ages.
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The
San Antonio
China Truce Office to establish Peiping headquarters
A three member commission to implement the truce in China plans to fly to Peiping to set up executive headquarters. Henry A Byroade will be chief of staff with orders to issue commands and inspect groups. Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek ordered all government forces to cease fire by midnight Sunday. Chou En Lai said the Communists issued similar orders.
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Yan
China
Peiping
Chang Chun
Henry A. Byroade
Chiang Kai-Shekhau
Chou En Lai
Yona
Major Samples Civvies Reinlisted After Army Return
A discharged army major who trampled civilian life six weeks ago reenlisted as a staff sergeant. Clarence George, now with the Washington fire department, said he preferred army pay after social security and taxes and missed military life.
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Kidnappings Rise Among Manila's Wealthy Chinese
Manila reports rising cases of wealthy Chinese merchants being kidnapped. At least three merchants were carried away recently, one still missing. Families of the others paid ransoms of 10,000 and 12,500 pesos. Police suspect racketeers may be involved, with authorities silent on further details.
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SU Ig
Philippine clash in Nueva Ecija left four dead
Manila police reported a clash with a lawless band in Nueva Ecija province. Four were killed and 60 gang members were arrested, while Philippine Army casualties were not disclosed.
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Manila
Pind
Nueva Ecija
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