Gasoline blast injures welder on Austin highway job
Permnda Sciaraffa, a welder for Acme Welding, suffered second degree burns when six gasoline drums exploded on a truck he was wetting near the Austin highway. The incident occurred on the Hurry Wurztech Highway project from Fort Sam Houston to Camp Bullis, with damage estimated at 1093 pounds. Sciaraffa was treated at Medina and Sureles hospital and later helped by bystanders who extinguished flames.
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Permnda Sciaraffa
Acme Welding Company
Austin
Medica
Sureles Hospital
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Bulls
Wood Shipman
Argo Place
Joe Wars
TS. A
Anslin
San Antonio
Postoffice Pay Hikes Seen
San Antonio postal employees awaited word of pay increases after a House committee favored a bill to raise annual payroll grants by 100 to 200 dollars. The plan would grant 100 dollars for 10 to under 15 years and 200 dollars for 18 years or more, with the last raise dating to 1925.
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San Antonio
Washington
House of Representatives
Postoffice Department
Roosevelt ends control of plane factory at Inglewood
President Roosevelt announced the government will terminate control of the North American Aviation plant in Inglewood California. The plant had been taken over June 9 with troops moving in after a strike that halted aircraft production. He said the plant will be privately operated in a manner consistent with national defense needs and signed an executive order terminating government involvement.
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Hyde Park
N.Y
Roosevelt
North American Aviation Company
Inglewood
Cali
Une
Ane
Gavarmiment
Boys Club Unit Wins Honor Award
Washington reports the June tenor award for wing and performance to San Antonio Boys' Club unit led by manager Disk Johnson. Murdock Utah Democrat notes club members since January 1 total 377 with activities in gym and table tennis. Beer importation from other countries is criticized as harmful to farmers' livelihoods.
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San Antonio
Uni No. 1
Disk Johnson
Has
Washington
Congress
Murdock
Brakeman Killed in Katy Railroad Wreck
Denison railroad brakeman A K Norman died at Katy Employes hospital after a freight train wreck near Atoka Oklahoma. Engineer ELA Armstrong was treated for shock. both injured in the same incident.
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Katy
Tenison
Ji Cay Katy
Atoka
Okla
A. K. Norman
Denison
Ela
Armstrong
Sala
Sheitie
Tralia
Ateka Renssing
WPA to Cut 400000 WPA Jobs in Coming Year
Chicago July 2 1941 WPA officials led by Hazard G Hunter discuss a major employment cut. With a new 87500000 appropriation the program aims to keep workers around 1 000 000 as the nation shifts toward reduced payrolls. A 1450000000 fiscal year appropriation stood, while last year averaged 1 700 000 workers before June. The 400 000 cut would take effect immediately and could be fully in place by July 15.
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Chicago
Works Projects Administration
WPA
Hazard G. Hunter
Congress
Moosevelt
Zoning Board to Hear 3 Appeals at Open Hearing
The zoning board will hold an open hearing at 2 p m on July 9 to review three appeals denied by the city Building Inspector. Applicants include Wong Ngong of 1202 Nogalites Street for an addition at Nowa Utes and Edwards streets, Holand J Neuse of 100 Highland Boulevard for a five room residence at Schley Avenue and Bdatt Walters Street, and P G Oppenheimer of 22 West Commerce Street for a drive in shed east of a Alling station at Main Avenue and Dewey Street. Permits were denied on grounds plans lacked sufficient setbacks.
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Zoning Board
Zoning Board of
Ad Fusinvest
Hald St
Wong Ngong
Nogalites Street
Nowa- Utes and
Edwards Streets
Holand J. Neuse
Highland Boulevard
Schley Avenue
Bdatt Walters Street
P. G. Oppenheimer
Commerce Street
Main Avenue
Dewey Sted
Boy Loses Life in Rescue Attempt in Tennessee
CHATTANOOGA July 2 The eight year old Franklin Young died while trying to save his brother Willard eight who also drowned in a pond incident yesterday. Lifeguards and bystanders attempted aid but both boys were lost.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Brownlie
Franklin Young
Willard
Bella Donna role for Hona Massey in Hollywood notes
Hollywood chatter reports Hona Massey securing the film Bella Donna with Robert Hishens play, while Doug Massey and Alan Curtis plan a farm purchase in Tiltuete. The column covers Hollywood gossip on Frances as Calamity Jane casting, Warner beauties headed to Honolulu, and various stars dining, dating, or brewing plans amid a busy showbiz week.
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Louella D. Farzons
Hollywood
Doug Massey
Alan Curtis
Tiltuete
Tone
Robert Hishens
Nazimeya
Pola Negri
Eérard Smet
Tigna
Hona
South America
U. S
Ann Hutherford
Aer Stack
Metco
Andy Hardy
Walter Winchell On Broadway Parade Notes of Bygone Bystander
A scrambled slice from a Walter Winchell on Broadway column mentions parody sketches and film references. It notes Eddie Bracken and Lyon Overman, Miss Lamone, and a remark on war humor amid reviews of The Mayx Bros and The Big Store. It includes jabs at radio commentators and notes on wartime sentiment across Berlin Moscow and Rome, with anecdotes about journalists and editors.
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Daily Mirror, Inc
Bob Mape
Eddie Bracken
Lyon Overman
Miss Lamone
Hope Spendere
Mayx Bros
Billy Conn
Appropriation Bill 15 Signed By Texas Governor O'Daniel
Governor W Lee O Daniel signed Appropriation Bill 15 approving a 28 783 318 biennial department budget. He argued vetoing items gains nothing and urged legislature to review excessive departmental allotments while noting practices that allow departments to spend all free revenue even if not itemized.
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Austin
Odaniel
Prac Une
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