City council approves bond sale for back pay claims
The San Antonio city council accepted a bid by Mahon Dittmar Dewar Robertson Pancoast Paine Weber Stern Brothers for 400000 bonds to pay firemen and police back pay under the Saepre act. The bonds will mature in 15 years at 2.268 percent net after premium, with total interest around 52877.75. City officials say sinking fund surplus plus payments this year keep tax rates steady. City Attorney Kercheville will oversee issuance and the funds should reach workers within 30 days.
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Mahon, Dittmar Company
Dewar, Robertson and Pancoast
San Antonio
Housec
City Aurt
R. Tucker
Maury Maverick
Maverick
J. Ira Kercheville
Parents Lost Alter Tots Found
Wise county Sheriff George Youne Weld located the three Carpenter children today as a search for their parents continued. Edward and Mrs Edward Carpenter with two older children were hitchhiking through Texas and Oklahoma seeking work when Rose 14 Jessie 5 and Charles 6 rode with three men to Gainesville. The youth say they were dropped off in Wichita Falls and have since tried to reach their destination. The missing parents and other Carpenter children remain unlocated with possible leads in Oklahoma City or St Louis.
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Decatur
Texan
CNS
Wise County
George Youne Weld
Seatch
Edward Carpenter
Texas
Oklahoma
Gainesville
Rose
Jessie
Charles
Younghes
Wichita Falls
Oklahoma City
St. Louis
Relief funding dispute stalls as city delays aid pledge
On Thursday city commissioners took no action to meet county demands for covering 50 percent of welfare costs for local programs including the WPA sewing room and the city county welfare agency. County officials said their stance followed city plans to bill each commissioner for fire protection. Assistant Mayor Floyd McGown said no official notice had been received and rejected linking welfare to fire protection.
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WPA
Floyd McGown
Hhen
Anderson
McGosn
Derden Applauds O Daniel At Cast County Festival
Atlanta July 20. Representative Albert Derden of Marlin praised Governor W Lee O Daniel as the best governor Texas has seen and said the corporations will spend a million dollars to re elect him. He spoke at the Cast county melon festival after aiding the sales tax amendment battle.
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Atlanta
W. Lee O'Daniel
Albert Derden
Marlin
Texas
B. J
Repeal of Warrant Payments to Former City Employees Challenged
At Thursday's city council meeting an ordinance repealing May 19 authority for deficiency warrants to eight former city workers and police, including R. J. Tucker and G. A. Schmidt, was debated. Mayor Maverick defended individual votes while noting new City Attorney Kercheville's ruling that warrants were unlawful under the Spears act.
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Maury Maverick
J. Ira Kercheville
Steffler
Maverick
R. J. Tucker
Poice Court
B. Garrigs
C. T. Fincham
G. A. Schmidt
R. K. Collins
J. 3. Whalen
Ed Wolff
Bt Post
Singing Apes Featured at Zool in Cologne Park
A zoological display in Cologne showcases orangutans “singing” as part of a new monkey house. Dr Heinz Heck, director, says the performances merge deep roaring tones with a human tenor’s musical beauty, creating a striking attraction for visitors. An advertisement for business growth appears in the issue.
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Cologne
Germany
New San Antonio Police Chief Chosen Amid Reform Push
At a council meeting Lipscomb praised Chief Harvey for 40 years of service while endorsing a move to hire federal agents for training in modern crime detection. Mayor Maverick said politics would be banned from the department and pledged a focus on reducing traffic deaths injuries and crime. Ashworth claimed he was chosen for qualifications after a thorough investigation and noted the goal of a top police force. Former Chief Gwen Kilday earned 880 dollars per month and Acting Chief Harvey was paid 300 dollars per month.
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Lipscomb
Harvey
San Antonio
Ashworth
Mayor Maverick Signs City Contract With Public Service
Mayor Maury Maverick announced a contract between Sheely and San Antonio Public Service to lease space for the Ut. Ue Spanish Village. The city will restore the site using a rental fee of $1 from July 20 until 1939 and may exchange the property valued at about $22,000 for scattered city lands. The lease could extend, and the land would be transferred to the village site bounded by Vita Nay cional South Presa streets and Worle alley.
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Sheely
San Antonio
Efly Witta
Maverick
Vita, Naycional
South Presa Streets
Worle. Alley
Lutheran Group Attends State Women’s Missionary Meet
In Houston members of the St. Luke's Unit of the Lutheran Church of San Antonio attended the state convention of the Women's missionary society. Listed are Mrs. Harry T. Fitts state treasurer Mrs. O Seeward Mrs Ho Wardwell Mrs T Emmerett Mr FB I Bjomberg Mrs F W Meillick and Rev James F Vorkoper the pastor.
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Houston
St. Luke's United Lutheran Church of
San Antonio
Women's Missionary Society
Harry T. Fitts
O. Seeward
Ho Wardwell
T. Emmerett
Fb.i. Bjomberg
F. W. Meillick
James F. Vorkoper
Plane Downs at Sea Near Sandy Hook
July 30 an air plane equipped with pilots forced a landing on the ocean off Roamer Shoals near Sandy Hook. The craft suffered no damage and no injuries to the pilot Clifford Millote and passenger William Stock of East Side Park New Jersey. The plane was towed to Floyd Bennett by a coast guard boat after the motor failed and stopped.
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New York
Roamer Shoals
Sandy
Floyd Bennett
Coast Guard
Cilfierd Tmilloté
William Stock
Eastside Park
N. J
Durl Ehloth Siid
Discovery of Gold Coins Triggers Miniature Gold Rush
Old golden sovereigns dating from 1466 were found in a mattress discarded from an abandoned house in St. John’s Newfoundland. Children located the coins and drew locals who then gathered near the empty residence hoping for more valuables. Authorities were called to seal the building.
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ST. John's
Newfoundland
Customs Receipts Rise for Halifax Port in June
Customs receipts for the port of Halifax show a June total of $382,430, up by $85,073 from June 1938. The gain reflects stronger duties and import activity, signaling rebound in maritime commerce at the Nova Scotia port.
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Halifax
N. 8
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