WPA funds rush to roads in San Antonio six months
WPA district report covers six months ending December 31 detailing $1,060,690 spent on roads in San Antonio area plus $1,089,693 for road improvements overall. Public buildings received $585,549, utilities $231,630, parks and recreation $164,402, and airport work $22,142. Total WPA outlay in 30 counties reached $3,129,047 with professional projects and adult education among major items.
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San Antonio
WPA
J. G. Hazelrigg
Perea
WEA
Chiropractor Welch Convicted in Kidnaping Case
Beaumont January 16 Dr W C Welch a Beaumont chiropractor was sentenced to 16 years for abducting 11 year old Irwin Mingle of Port Arthur and demanding 15000 dollars ransom The boy escaped Welch blamed the conviction on the jury s disbelief in his powers of divine healing He prepared an appeal and said he was not bitter toward the jurors calling them honest sincere men
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Beaumont
W. C. Welch
Col Hart and Turner Move Patients to Washington Area
Col Hart, Fort Sam Houston hospital commander, left Thursday with a patient for St Elizabeth hospital in Washington DC. From Washington he will visit York, Charleston and Columbia DC before returning around January 26. Capt Turner takes two other patients to Fitzsimmons General hospital in Denver and plans to return to army posts about January 23.
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Col. W. Ler Hart
Fort Sam Houston
St. Alizabeth Hospital
Washington
Fire Gore To Be Taught Fire Gore To Be Taught
Professor Ed Williams from Texas A and M will lead a three day course for San Antonio fire officials at Central Fire Station. In cooperation with C. E Trouta and CW Patterson the program aims to train officers to instruct their crews. The state approved in service training will rotate for all current and new personnel over two years. Each official will receive 12 to 16 hours of instruction. The program is funded by the state department of professional education under James B. D. Eddy.
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Ed Willams
Texas A. and
M. College
San Antonio
Iremen
C. E .Trouta
San Antonio Tech High School
CW. Patterson
Williams
Fhe
Central Fire Station
United States
Patterson
State Department of Quessional Education
James B.D. Eddy
Clarkson College Head to Be Heard at Chamber Event
Dr. James Shelby Thomas, president of Clarkson College of Technology, Pottsdam, N Y, will speak on What the Machine Has Done to Mankind at the San Antonio chamber of commerce first general membership meeting of the 1940 program on February 12. Walter Napier will review 1939 activities and introduce new directors and officers. 1940 officers to be chosen soon. Hollis Bridgman chairs arrangements.
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James Shelby Thomas
Chrysler Engineering Institute of Netroit
San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas
Clarkson College of Technology
Pottsdam
Walter P. Napier
R Cchamber of Commerce
Hollis Bridgman
Tickets Checked for Burglary Clues at Westminster Chair Event
Frank A. Herberlein head of Travis Park and the police checked ticket numbers after it emerged that 300 dollars worth of Westminster chair concert tickets sold for January 26 had been stolen in the January 7 Sommers Drug Store burglary at 1849 Fredericksburg Road. Police hope seized tickets could link to the robbery in which 150 dollars in cash was taken.
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Frank A. Herberlein
Travis Park
Westminster
Sommers
Fredericksburg Road
White House conference on children in a democracy
The January White House conference on children in a democracy focused on the unknown child who will be president. It urged real wages for fathers and job opportunities for youth, noting half of the nation’s children live in families unable to live decently. It called for a balance of wages and prices to boost purchasing power and profitable investment.
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Washington
United States
White House
Kees Named to Vet Post by Welfare Bureau
William H. Kees was appointed a case worker for the city county welfare bureau, pending approval by the County Commissioners' court. The post came after veterans groups pressed for a county paid officer to help veterans obtain pensions. The court transferred funds from road and bridge to the paupers fund to cover the salary until August 1 when the new budget is drafted.
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Wiliam H. Kees
Kees
Bureau
Veterans’ Organizations
Cass
Freeze to Death in Mexico City Cold Wave
Three people died from freezing in Mexico City as an unusual cold snap gripped the capital for three days. Night temperatures dropped to around freezing while daytime sun offered little warmth amid the ongoing cold spell.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Villita Program for Kiwanis Club at Gunter Hotel
The Kiwanis Club plans Friday noon events at the Gunter hotel terrace featuring La Villita restoration updates. Miss Jeannette Feigenbaum and a local girl wrote In Old Villita to honor the project with Mexican musicians. Speakers include Mayor Maury Mayerick and NYA officials, plus Deputy Mayor Floyd McGown and local leaders.
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Kiwanis Club
la Villita
San Antonio
Jeannette Feigenbaum
Maury Mayerick
David Wilams
National
NYA
Floyd McGown
Fenner Roth
Willita
O'Niel Ford
Arts and Crafts
J. Branding Sloan
Jesse Kellam
Land Nya
Col. C. M. Crimmins
Gunter Hotel Terrace
Travel Aid Takes Her Own Advice Miss Forde Heads South
Miss Rea Forde travel consultant for the tourist department of the San Antonio chamber of commerce left for Corpus Christi on Wednesday to join a 14 day tour group in Mexico. The trip marks a practical application of travel advisory guidance as she undertakes the voyage with a group itinerary.
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Rea Forde
The
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
Miss Forde
Corpus Christi
Mexico
San Antonio Railway Mail Club honors retiring chief clerk
One hundred sixteen members of the San Antonio branch of the Railway Mail association honored retiring chief clerk WW. McCool after 51 years and welcomed successor J. EB. Coller at a Plaza hotel banquet. Attending officials included E. J. Peters, H. E. Mack Jr., C. J. Taylor, A. C. Hodges, Dan Quill, W. J. McCain, Bill Thomas, Melvin R. Wright, and other rail and post office leaders.
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San Antonio
Railway Mall Association
WW. McCool
J. EB. Coller
Plaza Hotel
E. J. Peters
Southern Pacific Railway
H. E. Mack Jr
Missouri-Pacific Innes
J. Taylor
Railway Mail Service of
Fort Worth
A. C. Hodges
Dan Quill
W. J. McCain
Bill Thomas
Houston
Melvin R. Wright
Pamala
Pottery Plant Razed by Fire in Terrell Wells
Flames Thursday destroyed the San Anton Pottery plant at 1302 Hitchins avenue Terrell Wells with an estimated loss of 18000 dollars. Origin undetermined fed by straw stored in the one story metal building. City firemen could not respond beyond city limits due to Lipscomb rule. Off duty firefighters and neighborhood buckets saved F H Warnke home. HD Kemmack listed as owner.
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San Anton Pottery Company
Hitchins Avenue
Terrell Wells
Sheriff's i Deputies
City F
Louis Lipscomb
F. H. Warnke
HD Kemmack
Canopus Club Hear Talk on Russ The Way They Live
The Canopus club will host a weekly luncheon at the Pimza hotel Bartlett with Martin J. Arnold delivering an address on Russ The Way They Live in Rusela. Cocke will supervise the meeting.
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Canopus Club
Rusela
Martin J. Arnold
Pri
Pimza
Bartlett
Cocke
Jewish Morals Lecture At Temple Beth-Fi Services
Rabbi David Jacobson will speak on Jewish Morals at Temple Beth-Fi services. Musical responses from Binder compositions will be augmented by Moses and them with Blessed Is He. Rabbi Ephraim Frisch will discuss Mercy at the Saturday service beginning 10 30 a m.
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David Jacobson
Reg Jar
Beth-Fi
Binder
Moses
Ephraim Frisch
L. Desire Mercy
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