Rural constables face ax as hearing opens
The hearing opened amid a heated clash over rural constables in San Antonio and Bexar County. Officials cited alleged predatory actions against motorists and tourists, while supporters argued redistricting, salary changes, and investigations would harm local order and revenue. The county court weighed proposals amid petitions from 1200 residents and strong business group opposition.
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Custables
San Antonio
Thomas
Devine
Bexar
Dexar County
Commissioners Court
CU Witthell
Retail Merchants Association
San Antonis
Iran Mert Steger
Charles A. Fisher
van Ormy
Peate Court
Alex Moore
Harlandale
Justice of the Peace
Grand
Thoms
Grand Jury
Ruial
Prossute
Bexar County Grand Jurors ‘Association
Todd Grand Jury
Checks Surprise Kelly Grads and Flying Cadets
Graduation ceremonies for many field and Brooksfield advanced flying schools yielded a happy surprise as checks for 150 dollars for uniform allowances were given to the 18 second lieutenants who graduated Vaster-Gay as flying cadets. An earlier announcement stated aviation cadets would receive the allowance and have government-paid insurance, but the class hadn’t been informed until Monday.
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Graduaton
Field
Brooksfield
CIO President Murray Collapses at Family Outing
Pittsburgh July 14. President Philo Murray, who collapsed yesterday while with his family, is reported in a safe condition at Mercy Hospital. An associate said Murray previously suffered an appendicitis attack in Washington last spring and has worked hard without rest.
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Pittsburgh
Wis
Philo Murray
Mercy Aspiral
Murray
Washington
Opening of Vault Waited by Robber at Bank
A patient robber waited for the Bothell State Bank to open at 7 30 a m and slugged cashier Rass EB Wor ley before escaping with 913 423.
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Bothell
End Daly
Tathell State Bank
Rass EB. Worley
Health Department Removals Seen At City Board Meeting
The city board meets Tuesday night in Dr. W. A. King’s office as prising shears target the health department. A week earlier twenty men were dismissed by the new board. Seventeen or eighteen appointees are expected to be removed in the purge, with several Quin appointees facing action in the first days of the new administration.
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Health Department
City Board
St Health
W. A. King
C. K. Quin
Churchill vows continued bombing to break Nazi tyranny
In a wartime address to a cheering outdoor crowd, Churchill emphasized Britain's escalating air campaign and pledged to press the fight against the Nazi regime. He warned of a long, brutal epoch but asserted Allied bombing will intensify and Britain will endure until victory and the future of mankind are secured. He credited U.S. support and lauded British resilience against Luftwaffe onslaughts on London, Rotterdam, Belgrade, and in Russia, promising continued strategy and unity.
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Churchill
United States
Hitler
London
Ute Howe
Germany
Warsaw
Rotterdam
Belgrade
Russia
Nazis Assert Dred Cities Near Fall
Nazi claims of Kiev’s fall and gains toward Leningrad dominate dispatches. British and Moscow reports clash over battlefield success with Red Army counterattacks near Pskov and across the Dnieper as German forces push toward Moscow. A Soviet British pact tightens wartime cooperation, seen by some as a broader alliance.
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London
Leningrad
Berlin
Holland
Kiev
Ukraine
Paul Joseph Goebbats
Precf
East
Dnepr
Moscow
Naat
Lake Pelpys
Jess Shan
Helsing
Narva
Red Army
Pskaz
Leningord
Germany
Vitebsk
Slatin
Gereman
Dnipr
Reid
Ted
Rogachev
Rissien
Lozovsky
Vite
Prees
Pipeline to East Ordered by Firm
Construction of a 500 mile main pipeline from Baton Rouge to Greensboro and 200 miles of lateral lines from Bremen Tennessee is set to begin around August 1 with the main line due for completion by year’s end. Plantations Pipeline directors disclosed Monday the firm awarded four contracts totaling 3.8 million dollars.
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Baton Rouge
Greeneboro
N. CO
Bremen
Tenn
Monnday
Plantation Pipeline Company
Seattle youth admits murder in mad slayer case
Seattle youth Pavette, 24, confessed to strangling Mrs. Blanche Link, 43, a telephone operator, in the recent mad slayer attacks. Prosecutor Ralls said Pavette admitted the Link murder but denied knowledge of a second slaying and two assaults on the same day. He is to be examined by a psychiatrist after confrontation with LaFountain's widow and Bull.
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Manard LaFountain
Lafountain
RBF
Pavellc
Tralls
Fort Sam Units Testing in Field for August Maneuvers
Contingents of troops from Fort Sam Houston begin field testing ahead of August and September maneuvers of the Third Army. Units in the Ind division move from San Antonio to New Orleans to set up bread production for troops and support stations in Lake Charles. Infantry units conduct maneuvers near Sabine Pass while others train at Camp Bullis.
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Third Army
Ind
Fort Bim Houston
San Antonio
Company
87Th Quartermaster’ Bakery
New Orleans
Sth . Medical
Medrical
Baseball Bat Clue In Bermuda Rape Slaying
Bermuda scene reports a sawed off baseball bat found near the murder site of Margaret A Stapleton a 42 year old English resident and Bermuda visitor. Police and two American FBI agents review the bat amid a moonlit crime reconstruction detailing blood pools torn clothing and the victim’s path from Prospect to Hamilton. The case remains unsolved as investigators press for fresh leads.
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Bermuda
Margaret A. Stapleton
Womdh
England
Vielim
FBT
Kolullon
Manas
Mann
Mann Weenie
Local report incomplete on notable figures and events
Fragmentary OCR text mentions names and places without clear context. It hints at military or political figures and possible local notices but lacks coherent events, dates, or outcomes to define a full summary. The readable fragments include scattered proper nouns and locations, requiring clarification to produce a precise card.
Three Italian Vessels Sunk By Submarines
London reports tonight from the admiralty that at least three Italian vessels were sunk in the Mediterranean by submarines. One tanker Strombo, previously torpedoed, went down en route to Italy for repairs. A 8500-ton supply ship, escorted by an armed merchant cruiser and destroyer, was also sunk. In the Aegean Sea a large troop transport carrying military stores was lost, with two more vessels likely sunk in a Libyan port. A submarine attack on Tas Ta and nearby shipping damaged a supply ship of about 1400 tons and an armed lighter.
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London
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Strombo
Thaly
Aegean Sea
New Kelly School Building to Start Preparations
Work on the Kelly field navigation school project is underway led by O L Browning of San Antonio. The low bid of 504800 covers the navigation school buildings a 2100 man theater for Kelly field proper and barracks for negro quartermaster troops at the field. The project includes 16 barracks 16 school buildings a mess administration building and four dayrooms.
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Helly Field
Browning
San Antonio
Kelly Field
Extension on Wheat Storage Rules Extended to 1943
The Agriculture Department extended the storage period for wheat under government loan to April 30 1943 after growers clamored for relief. Farmers may avoid the 49 cent per bushel penalty by reducing this year’s excess plantings, counting quotas in 1943, or facing a crop loss next year. Olaya Magrolla Grove Woodmen meeting noted at 2:40 with Mrs Eve Lawson presiding.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Bruin
Oliya Magrolla Grove
Guardian
Eve Lawson
Fisher Plant Founder Fred Fisher Dies
Detroit July 14 Fred Fisher 64 founder of Fisher Body Corp died at Henry Ford Hospital after weeks of heart trouble. He built a blacksmith shop into a major auto body supplier with brothers and executives at his bedside. From Norwalk Ohio to Detroit he helped expand the business, once turning out 10s of thousands of car bodies yearly. His fortune was vast and he planned to retire at 60.
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Fred Fisher
Fisher
Fisher Body Corpora
Henry Fords Hospital
Fred
Tls
Norwalk
Ohio
Ève
Chavis
Baby ‘Company
Ned
Inter Tarringt
Tis Company
General Motore
Fred Fisher Oyce
Nor 2Lk
Bo Wn
Mexican Labor Importation Debate Faces South Texas Harvest
South Texas farmers seek imported Mexican labor to cover a looming harvest shortage. Officials discuss a formal request for temporary farm workers under 1917 act provisions. Ray Leeman of the South Texas Chamber of Commerce was contacted by special assistant Lene Schofield to supply affidavits and specifics on numbers, locations, and entry timing.
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Texas
Immigration Service
Mexico
Ray Leeman
South Texas
Ber of Commerce
Lene B. Schofield
United States
Leeman
Cammata
Schofield
Saia
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