Citations Column Corning Receives Merit Award
Col Corning who lives at 10 Eldon road was awarded the Legion of Merit for combat intelligence work with the 12th Tac tical command. He directed fighter bomber intelligence during Rome capture and earned Bronze Star and seven battle stars for service in Asia Sicily Italy France and Germany. Lieut Lloyd S Canon wife Frances Canon lives at 830 Steves avenue flew 79 missions with the 12th Air Force in the Mediterranean receiving the DFO and Air Medal with seven oak leaf clusters. Vaughan son of Mrs Alice M Vaughan 923 Fair avenue received the Bronze Star for leadership of classified records with the Fifth Amphibious Force during Iwo Jima and other campaigns. He landed on Iwo Jima under fire and maintained records amid heavy operations.
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Lleut
Leavitt Corning Jr
Eldon Road
Legion of Merit
12Th Tactically Command
Colonel Corning
San An
Lloyd
Canon
Frances Canon
Steves Avenue
12Th Air Force
Mediterranean
Bologna
Italy
Iwo Jima
Marshalls
Matianas
Nuaty
Truman To Present Charter
President Truman signed legislation granting postal workers their first general pay raise since 1925. The automatic grades receive a 20 percent base increase, with a minimum $300 and a $400 per year cap. Overtime after 260 days is paid at time and a half, with night differential, while some classes are excluded.
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Washington
Truman
Three Federal Offices to Observe 44-Hour Week
Three federal offices in Washington will adopt a 44 hour week starting Saturday, with the district attorney and marshal offices closing early. Notices from SA Andretta say the district attorney’s office will close at 12 40 pm and the marshal’s office at noon Saturday, while the district OPA in Transit Tower will also quit at noon Saturday. The order does not affect other sectors.
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UT. S
Abdorney
Marshal
S A. Andretta
District Opa
South Texas Casualties Named in War Announcements
The war and Navy departments released casualty lists through the Office of War Information detailing South Texas losses. Names include Grady LeRoy Wart of Aransas Pass and Wilmar Loyd Woods of Harlingen among Navy dead, with several wounded or missing across Navy, Marine Corps, and Army units. Victims span San Antonio, San Angelo, Victoria, Mission, Diboll, La Grange, Poteet, and Brownsville areas, with affiliations to U S Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, and Army service.
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War and Navy Departments
Office of War Information
South Texas
Navy
Grady LeRoy Wart
Shipfitter
U.S. Naval Reserve
Pares
Grady Hart
Aransas Pass
Pie
Wilmar Loyd Woods
Uu. 5
Marine Corps Reserve
Lurling L. Woods
Harlingen
Ecionis Wiimar Ackerman
Cass
Dessle P. Acker
Avant Avenue
Sam Anistonis
Floyd Cart Garner
Seaman Seca
Levnss
George W. Garner
San Angelo
James Burke
Reba L. Burke
Diboll
Poteet
Ward G. McClendon
Bernice M. Meoléi
Dan
Corsa Springs
Racher H E. Mendez
Maria 5
Mendez
San Jacinto Street
San Antonio
Tipe Repulveda
Ramon Sepulveda
Austwell
Pfe
Bleve & Taterico
Vito Nolerlea
Noveda Street
San Antonia
Federal Workers Get Raises And Congress Mends Fences
Washington July 6 Congress boosts pay for workers, raises for postal staff, and considers increasing members’ salaries from 16 000 to 11 509. About 1.22 million of 2.85 million federal workers gain an average 15 percent raise, with variations. Overtime changes reduce after July 1, then a 40 hour week resumes. House members vote themselves 2300 a year for expenses, boosting total compensation. President Truman urged higher member pay, highlighting the wider wage framework.
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James Marlow Washington
Congress
House
Iideval
Truman
Wear Labor Board
Kelly Workers to Get Pay Increases at Kelly Field
Federal Employes Pay Act of 1945 provides average salary boosts for graded workers at San Antonio Air Technical Service Command Kelly Field. Pay raises vary by income, with 20 percent for the first 1200, 10 percent for the next 3400, and 5 percent beyond, plus overtime and in-grade promotion changes. Bi weekly paydays start July 28, with monthly checks ending July 7 covering June work.
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San Antonio Air Technical Service Command
Kellyfield
George H. Beverley
Kelly Field
Toran
Jane
Salaries and Expenses Raise in Congress Scrutiny
The draft discusses pay increases for Congress, noting salaries rising 168 percent from $10,000 to $11,500, with the Senate declining its own $2,500 expense allowance. It analyzes income boosts for members, comparing a flat 18 percent rise plus $3,500 expenses to prior levels and a 25 percent expense component, seeking a 40 percent overall increase beyond 1941.
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Congress
Senate
House
Dewey Visits Mother in Owosso Michigan
Governor Dewey of New York is spending a few days with his mother Mrs. George M. Deivey in Owosso Michigan, as reported from the city dated July 6.
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Collins
Myers
Jamaica
Bu, Delapenda & Co, Inc
U.S.A
Laight St. Dept
New York
N.Y
Dewey
Owosso
Mich
INS
George M. Deivey
Diyosso
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Tonio
Rome
Seps
Asica
Sicily
France
Germany
Marine Serand
Claud J. “Vaughan
Alice M. Vaughan
Fair Avenue
Col. Leavitt Corning
Lieut. Lloyd
Claud H. Vaughan
Allison
Whine Wella
Deep Welly
Antonotle Water Systems
Fairbanks-atorse
A.C
SLE Kallison's
Kallison
Washingtons
Ihab
Adam Alfaro Pelan
U. S. Naval Reserve
Carolina Alare Felan
Colima Street
Frank Joseph Ganem Jr
U. S. Navy
IF. J. Ganemar
Federal
Thage
Kelly
Chais Baby
Lady's Watch
Avalon
Houston
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