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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1940
Page
6
Reserve officers will run this year’s training camps under a staff of regular army officers led by Camp Commander Col John K Weber of San Antonio. The program mirrors past years with officers slated to supervise, plan, and manage phases of training under Gen Walter Krueger.
Port Arthur hospital officials said four men from CMTC and an injured enlisted man would recover after a wreck of an away truck Tuesday near the Fredericksburg road on Camp Builts. The dead was Joan Hair 17 Weslaco. The injured were Pvt Claude Younger Grady Morgan Ernest Gipson Edward Barker Billy Bearden Billy Satchel Eddie Coleman and others.
Mayor Maury Maverick said he will ask both factions to tune down public address systems to avoid keeping families awake. Complaints followed the courthouse ticket meeting in front of the Municipal auditorium Saturday night. On Monday a policeman disconnected the loudspeaker system at a County ticket rally near Woodkey Lake after an alleged complaint.
Mrs. Graciane Doria, 68, of 106 South Laredo Street, was treated Wednesday at a local hospital for shock and leg bruises after being struck by a car at the Monterey and Fourth Lares streets corner. Police identified J. M. Garcia as the driver.
A bandit in the 400 block of North Alamo Street at 4 30 am attempted a hold up, snatching a suitcase with 400 in clothes and other items before fleeing. Police found a mislaid purse 75 feet away. Multiple thefts follow including 20 dollars from Mrs F Lewis and a purse from Mrs Virginia Quintanilla. A burglar entry via rear window netted a 30 dollar pocket watch and 15 dollar chain. A night watchman confronted an intruder at Brisco cleaning shop but the prowler escaped.
Grand jury evidence in the Dr. Herbert Hoehne probe will focus only on Hoehne s innocence or guilt says acting U S attorney William Fleet Palmer. Hoehne 29 a German Nazi is accused of failing to register as an agent of a foreign government while serving for the German reich. After talks with Washington state department officials Palmer said he would not pursue charges against Consul General Fritz Wiedemann and Chancellor Herman Loeber of the San Francisco German consulate.
More than 300 volumes on families and social sciences were donated to the University of San Antonio Library by John C. Granberry of Georgetown. The collection, from Granberry's professional library, covers history economics philosophy sociology and government. Notable titles include A Natural Approach to Philosophy Types of Philosophy A History of Switzerland The Russian Empire and Sketches From English History.
Mrs Lenora Jo Cook a Martin Linen Supply stenographer holds a private pilot license and studies at Stinson Field with Paul Daily. Her husband works for Goodyear at Browneville and also has a license to fly. She aims to buy her own plane and attends Stinson Field at 6 45 every morning before work. The Texas Mid-Continental and Gas Association plans its Fort Worth convention October 41 November to mark the 45th anniversary of Texas oil discovery.
Duncan field reduces interviewing hours to two periods daily due to high volume of inquiries. Interviews run from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. for eligible civil service applicants, with information provided by the examiner at the post office or local board secretary in Fort Houston.
Sixty Civilian Conservation Corps youths who favored housing units departed Franklin Field for their Longhorn Cavern base near Burnet. Original plans called for a 200 man permanent camp, with work on landscaping and beautification at Franklin Field delayed at least a week. The advance camp erected 19 pre fabricated houses before departure.
Four youths held in Floresville Jail led detectives to recovered items stolen in Boerne on July 4. Radios, two tone horns, a car battery, and seat covers were found after officers arrested the trespassers tampering with cars at a Floresville ball park. One portable radio was returned to Walter Bergman of Boerne. Police seek owners as investigation continues. A separate note describes California Redwood trees growing as tall in Arctic wastes as on the West Coast.
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