Ball Park Plan Discussed With City Council
City officials met in a close session to clarify the proposed ball park south of Alamo Stadium between Alpine and Stadium drives west of St. Mary’s street and north of Mulberry avenue. Mayor Gus Mauermatin asked if the city would finance construction as Commissioner Henry I. Hein noted a decision awaits Bill DeWitt’s arrival. John Zeller outlined plans for a 12,000 seat structure.
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Gus Mauermatin
Tapsiday
Alamo Stadium
St. Mary's Street
Mulberry Avenue
Henry I. Hein
Bill DeWitt
St. Louis Browns
John Zeller
Mother Sues For Custody Of Two Children In District Court
Mary Dodd Davis Hunter filed suit in 57th District Court on Tuesday seeking custody of two children from two former husbands Leonard St. Davis and Marion L. Thunier. She claims she left the children with the Children's Service bureau after going to work for King Ranch on February 14, 1946, paid for their maintenance, and was told by District Attorney Joh T. Shock that she had no legal recourse after the court declared the children dependent.
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57Th District Court
Mary Dodd Davis Hunter
Helen E. Free
Children's Service Bureau
Leonard St. Davis
Marion L. Thunier
King Ranch
Bureau
Joh TR
Non-Strikers Eject Strikers in Newspaper Publication Crisis
Non-striking workers ousted barricading colleagues and published an edition after four days of halt. Strikers sought 500 yen subsistence pay and other benefits plus reinstatement of staff discharged or transferred in earlier policy dispute.
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VOXYO
Russians Freed After Berlin Detention Of Americans
In Berlin, the U S army said two Americans, Mr and Mrs Harrison of San Antonio, were freed unharmed after 15 days in Soviet held territory. Russians were arrested by Americans for espionage, with three Russians repatriated to the Soviet zone. The Harrisons spoke of harsh questioning but no physical abuse, while officials noted ongoing tensions and inquiries into other detained Americans.
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U. S. Army
O. Samuel Be. Harrison
San Antonio
Helen
Frank A. Keating
U.S. Berlin
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Iriel
Harrison
Harold Cobin
Newark
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George Wyatt
Oklahoma City
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Granienburg
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Berause Se
U. S.security Agen
Sharp Decline in Autos Production in June
The Civilian Production Administration reports a sharp decline in passenger car output for June with 142,213 units produced versus 152,948 in May. Truck production fell to 58,739 in June, down 15,911 from May, amid ongoing material and parts shortages from strikes. The industry forecasts a marked increase in truck production in the next three months while passenger car projections show varied monthly totals.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
CAP
Mitchell Statue Voted for National Air Museum
Washington reports a unanimous House vote approved a bill to fund a national air museum with a statue of Brig. Gen William Mitchell. The plan, supported by George H. Stephenson of Philadelphia, follows a decades long campaign highlighted by an American Weekly article and advocacy by Rep Edith Nourse Rogers.
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Billy Mitchell
House
Phe Lisi
William L. Mitchell
American Weekly
General Mitchell
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
George H. Stephenson
Philadelphia
Kearst
Grounded Northern Voyager Refloated Off Bank
In MNBAN Alaska on July 16 the freighter Northern Voyager ran aground on a sand and beach after fog slowed visibility. It was refloated by tugboats during the afternoon high tide and moved off the bank with no reported injuries.
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Mnban
Alaska
Auneau
Speed
George R B Pleming Named First Returned Veteran
George R B Pleming, a postal clerk, was named Tuesday by Pastmaster Dan Quill as the first returned veteran to make. He sorted 711 letters at a rate of 34 a minute, an impressive performance noted amid a flood of mail and factory labor stories.
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George RB. Pleming
Pastmaater
Dan Quill
Pleming
Law on 60 Plus Voting Certificates Declared Unconstitutional
Austin July 1 An attorney general opinion held a law requiring citizens over 60 in cities with 10 000 or more to renew exemption certificates annually as a prerequisite to voting unconstitutional The measure passed by the last legislature could enfranchise at least 100 000 people over 69 who would have been barred from voting in the July primary.
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Austin
Now She Shops Cash and Carry Without Painful Backache
An ad-style item claims backache relief comes from treating tired kidneys. It describes kidney function filtering acids and waste, lists symptoms like nagging backache, swelling, and fatigue, and promotes Doan's Pills as a stimulant diuretic used for over 40 years to flush waste from blood.
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Nature
Gistrar Doan
Dean
CPA Extends Building Permit Issuance Restrictions
George W. Chambers of the Civilian Production Administration said Tuesday that estimates on permits for commercial and industrial construction in effect for the past 45 days will be extended indefinitely. A survey of building materials supplies is underway and would require several weeks of complete findings.
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George W. Chambers
Civilian Production Administration
Italian petroleum workers strike paralyzes UNRRA transport
Thousands of Italian petroleum workers walked off the job across the country on July 16, halting essential UNRRA operations. They demand a 30 percent wage raise and additional benefits, disrupting critical transport and logistics nationwide.
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Rome
UNRRA
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