Nearly Ready Road Cuts San Antonio Shreveport Distance
Completion of improvements on State Highway No 21 known as the Old San Antonio highway will reduce the San Antonio to Shreveport trip by 30 miles. D R Thomas, chamber of commerce highway head, reports progress after returning from Austin. Paving from Paige to Lincoln is done and grading near completion to the Lee and Burleson county line with the link finishing by September between San Marcos and Bastrop.
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San Antonio
Shreveport
D. R. ‘Thomas
Chamber of Commerce Highway Department
Thomas
Austin
Paige
Lincoln
Lee and
Burleson
San Marcos
Bastrop
Nations suffer naval losses in war totals
Seventeen nations have lost 312 ships since Britain declared war on Germany on September 3. Over 1,185,963 tons of shipping have been sunk with more than 2773 lives lost. A chart lists nations with 10 or more ships sunk, including a pirate.
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Europe
England
Germany
Westinghouse Announces 12 Percent Wage Increase
Pittsburgh January report shows Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing to raise all wages 12 percent from base rates this month. The move follows a three year plan for monthly adjustments within state-defined levels of business conditions.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Home cough syrup promised to relieve fast
A home remedy claim describes mixing sugar and water with Pinex to create a cough syrup. It asserts quick relief, loosens phlegm, soothes membranes, and improves breathing, with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied. It promotes easy preparation at home for relief from colds.
German patrol losses reported on Lauter river action
Military sources say French machine gunners along the Lauter river inflicted losses on a German patrol during retreat. One German prisoner was taken. French and British patrol ships attacked a German submarine, but results were not disclosed.
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Lauter
Texas hospital inquiry continues amid staff dismissals
The Board of the Texas hospital for the insane at Fausk faced a continuing inquiry after a July 13, 1923 hearing that resulted in 118 witnesses being questioned and several veteran department heads and San Antonio hospital employees being dismissed. Johnson, the superintendent, was exonerated on all complaints by a board majority, while he challenged attempts by Knox Frank Davis and others to remove him and to take over employment decisions. The suit names multiple officials and asserts a conspiracy to oust Johnson from his $3600 salary, with further orders for an investigation into hospital conditions.
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Texas Hospital For the Insane
Fausk
Tthe Hospital
J. D. Moore
Johnson
Knox
Frank Davis
Claude Willama
William Lawson
Freq Melty
San Antono
Davie
Castner
Tomer- Tdw
Felty denies making charges over hospital inquiry
State Representative Fred Pelty says he did not make any charges himself and that the Ministers' association did, as he plans to attend the Austin public hearing on Thursday as a spectator. He criticized a judge's injunction attempt and said he was elected by the people to serve.
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Fred Pelty
San Antonio State Hospital
Ministers’ Association
Felty
Austin
Johnson
Nurse Missing in Maryland Blizzard
Miss Catherine O Neil a registered midwife nurse left Salisbury in a blizzard to deliver a baby at Siloam eight miles away. The county health office asked the state to send a snow plow to search for her, believed to have been in an automobile about two miles from Siloam. A rescue car was forced back by deep drifts and nearby farmers were asked to report her plight.
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Salisbury
Dan
Catherine O'Neil
Siloam
Louisiana Vote on Sales Tax Levy Proposal
Louisiana senate approves governor Earl K. Long’s plan to submit a constitutional amendment repealing the 1 percent state sales tax to voters in the April 16 general election. The measure passed 41 to 0 with State Senator James A. Noe voting for it despite opposition.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Senate
Wal
Earl K. Long
James A. Noe
Long
State to Rest Soon on Henry in Hondo Court
Henry Cowboy Henry faces closing testimony this week in a Hondo district court trial for the pistol slaying of Arthur Sinclair a former San Antonio policeman. Sinclair was killed November 15 7 and Henry previously convicted in Criminal District Court, sentenced to 50 years, but the verdict was reversed and remanded on appeal. A change of venue moved the case to Hondo with the jury chosen and three prosecution witnesses heard.
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Henry
Arthur Sinclair
San Antonio
Hondo
Sinclair
Mexico to Approve Bridge at Laredo
The Mexican ministry of communications and public works said it is ready to approve plans for a new free bridge between Laredo Texas and Nuevo Laredo Tamaulipas. The span has been studied by a joint commission and Texas and Mexico will share the cost of about 665000 pounds.
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Mexico
Mexican Ministry of Communilgations and Public Works
Laredo
Texas
Nuevo Laredo
Tamaulipas
Joint Commission
Mexco
Four Killed In US Bomber Crash Near March Field
Four airmen died when an army bomber crashed near its base during maneuvers. Two crewmen escaped by parachute, including Sergt. Gordon L. Purvik of Glennville and Priv. Frank Caxroll of Hyde Park. The victims were Lieut. Raymond W. Sumi of Neshkawk, First Sgcnt. Benjamin G. Holloway of Columbus, Sergt. Gerald D. Wilcox of Bennett, and Priv. Leonard E. Riley of Wichita Falls. The aircraft was returning from maneuvers at Monterey, part of a larger airlift exercise over the Tehachapis with 960 infantrymen aboard.
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March Field
Calif
Gordon L. Purvik
Glennville
Priv
Frank Caxroll
Hyde Park
Mass
Carroll
Raymond W. Sumi
Neshwauk
Minn
First Sinut
Benjamin G. Holloway
Columbus
Ohio
Gerald D. Wilcox
Bennett
Iowa
Leonard E. Riley
Wichita Falls
Texas
Monterey
Hamilton Field
Bakersfield
Jacob
Fickel
Tehachapi Mountains
New York Power Output Declines Slightly in Week
Edison Electric Institute reports that power output for the week ended January 20 fell 0.8 percent to 2.572 trillion kilowatt hours, marking the first week to week drop in 1940 yet still higher than the previous year.
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New York
Edison Electric Institute
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