CHECKS TO BE WANED PAGE AUSTIN
Brig Gen J Watt Page and other officers in the army state payroll system plan to return their state paychecks. An International News Service report says only H J Weiler turned in warrants for all months at 75 dollars monthly. Weiler is a retired officer, and warrants were issued last week from adjutant general’s department.
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Austin
JINS
J. Watt Page
Feneral
Nelectye Eerylee
General Page
Gome
Sergion
Page
Ony
H. J. Weiler
Alvently
Weiler
Adjutant General
Decrease in Voting Precincts Proposed by Clerk
District Clerk Wart McCormick asks the Commissioners Court to cut city precincts to 200 and county precincts to 60, claiming big savings in election costs. He notes combined precincts would require two voting machines, and revenue would not be lost.
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Gcommissionors Court
Wart McCormick
McCormick
McConnick
Boy 16 Captures Nazi Plane Crew
A 16 year old Isle of Wight boy with a sporting shotgun reported capturing the crew of four German Ju 88 bombers after they crash landed in a wheat field. He threatened them, they surrendered, and an RAF escort later took charge of the prisoners. The youth said he would have shot back if fired upon.
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London
Isle of Wight
Geoffrey Janis
Automatica
Stanley Woodt_ nutt
James
Ontario Police Nab Runaway Youth After Train Stop
Ontario police received a warning from Pomona about a deaperada armed with a six shooter dista ing a Southern Pacific freight car. Officers led by W J Haimnend confronted the train as it halted, arresting 14 year old Robert Sherman Moffett of Hel verdera Gardens. He cried, confessed he planned the trip with a pistol but discarded it. he will be returned to his grandmother Mrs Harrich Moffett.
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Jay
Pomona
Southern Pacific
W. J. Haimnend
Robert Sherman Moffett
Helverdere Gardens
Robert
Harrich Moffett
Ohio Supply Base Expanded by Army in Enlarged Depot
Ohio and army officials report the JOS depot east of GOLUMAUS is being enlarged to boost capacity, aiming to make it one of the largest supply bases in the nation. The expansion widens facilities and storage to support increased logistics and wartime needs.
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Ohio
Army
Virginia Guest Des On Wall After Three Weeks Fines
Mrs. W T Bondurant 43 wife of Lieut W T Bondurant headmaster of San Antonio academy died Wednesday morning at Marion Virginia while visiting relatives. A Georgetown native and Southwestern University graduate, she had been in San Antonio 20 years. Survivors include husband daughter Dolphie son W T Jr parents Dr and Mrs R W Tinsley of San Antonio and two sisters Mrs W H Merwitt San Antonio and Mrs Jarrard Secrest Washington DC. Funeral arrangements not completed.
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San Antonio Academy
Lee Menroviid
Marion
Via
Georgetown
Southwestern Univer Aity
Tarzan Creator Sued for Divorce
Ergal Rice Burroughs, 67, creator of Tarzan, faces a sudden divorce filing from his wife Florence Gilbert. The complaint seeks $4000 monthly alimony and $5000 in attorneys’ fees and costs, citing mental cruelty as the grounds.
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Los Angeles
Ergal Rice Burroughs
Tarzan
Florence Gilbert
The
Screen
Fens and
Wourt Coats
Captains Promoted to Major at Kelly Field
The War Department announced the promotion of five captains at Kelly Field to major. The officers include Charles A. Clark of the 4th Wing, Marry Bishop, Cordey F. Tleman, George B. Dany, and Earl atg Vier, with roles in the Gath Schon squadron and navigation school.
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Charles 4. Clark
Bishop
Gath Schon
Cordey F. Tleman
George B. Dany
Earl
Atgvier
Deputies Face Salary Shift For Precinct One Reform
Deputy constables under Mrs Anni Meeks Precinct No 1 may be asked to resign when justice and constable offices move to salary basis January 1 The tentative budget shows a total of 17400 including 9500 for the constable and 2400 for the chief deputy with four deputies and a housekeeper totaling 10500 Meeks projects county costs of 10802 after fees and collections Commissioner Ean Anderson supports staff reduction to fit the new funding model
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Anni Meeks
Meeks
Rites Slated for Drowning Victim
Irving July 4 Kenneth Collins son of F C Collins died in Arlington pool drowning while at a Sunday school picnic. No one saw the drowning. Tarbes Fharnton of Arlington found the body after diving. Burial plans were being made today.
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Irving
Plana
Kenneth Collins
F. C. Collins
Arlington
Tarbes Fharnton
Farm Mothers and Youth Fill Field Labor Needs
Chicago July 4. Farm mothers and young workers increasingly join field labor to boost farm cash income as defense wages pull men to factories. President O Neal of the American Farm Bureau cites a nationwide labor shortage, especially near urban-industrial areas, with wages in defense plants rivaling farm pay. Selective service worsen shortages as families lose labor when a member is drafted.
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Sam
Edward A. O'Neal
American Parm Bureau Federation
Midwest
East
South
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Defense Industry
Mildwest
Gulf Coast
Neal
Gene Raymond Keeps Gardening Between Roles
Hollywood star Gene Raymond spends his downtime tending his garden replacing annual beds at his estate with perennials to ensure year round blossoms while his wife Jeanette MacDonald appears in Smiling Through.
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Hollywood
Gene Raymond
Tole
Jeanette
McDoand
Shriners Dinner Dance Invite Sets Summer Series
Shriners and their families are invited to a dinner and dance starting at 6 p.m. Saturday. The event begins a summer series intended to entertain members and their guests.
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Shriners
Camp Eal
Blood Donor Saves Man of Same Name in Hospital
Paul Jones rushed to the hospital to donate blood for a transfusion. After the procedure he learned he probably saved the life of T Patt Jones, though the two men are not related.
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Aoanoke
Paul Jones
Mme
Af T. Patt Jones
Two Year Old Decoy Plan Aims to Aid Submarines
Walter Boyne, aged 12, proposes a deceptive tactic to protect Antellean submarines by using a decoy destroyer to lure depth bomb attacks while real subs strike. He sent the idea to Navy Secretary Knox. the Inventors' Council acknowledged receipt and said it would be considered.
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East St, Louis
Jil
Walter
United
Sint Boyne
Secretary of the Inventors' Controll
Navy
Blu
Burglary Suspect Nabbed After Quick Police Response
Police arrested a man after a Los Angeles Heights burglary was reported. The home was ransacked and the suspect was found near 1606 Santa Mania Street, described fleeing prior to officers’ arrival. The arrest was logged at police headquarters at 25 Vargas Street.
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Los Angeles Heights
Wegetann
Alreety
Wepermann
Dause
Mw Warankiit
Santa Mania
Booker 16
Choy Paiwards
Vargas Street
Electroplate 08S Openings Offer Competitive Pay
The Ady station at Carputs seeks electroplaters with a daily wage between 7.96 and 8.92, age 34 to 62, and proof of apprenticeship or four years’ related work. Ralph E. Milam, San Antonio civil services secretary, announced eligibility and application blanks available at room 116, Peklorad bullebog, with tied local references to Grand River near Ontario.
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Christl
Ralph E. Milam
San Antonio
Two Killed in U S Plant Explosion Near Acton Mass
Two men died in an explosion at the American Cyanamid and Chemical powder mills in Acton Massachusetts. The blast shook nearby buildings far from the guarded plant amid prior explosions earlier in the year. Officials withheld immediate details.
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South Acton
Mass
Amid and Chemical Company
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Producto
Civil Defense Office Opens in San Antonio Area
L Fravis, administrator of Gieitlany Defense, announced completion of arrangements for opening a civil defense office here. Farris arrived this week from Blorello LaGuardis, national director of elythian defense, with plans for staffing within 10 days to five weeks. An administrator for the San Antonio area will be named from civil service tests, with an assistant director and staff. Capt. BW Sterling will act as army liaison and head the local office until a director is elected as the headquarters is set.
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Gieitlany Defense
Tauraday
Farris
Blorello LaGuardis
Elythian Cefense
San Antonio Nea
Acers Cort
Ayy
Farris Statre
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Civil Service
Testa
Army
Navy
Atso
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Sterling
Dog Poisoning Ring Suspected in City Probe
San Antonio police report a renewed outbreak of dog poisoning. Detective P. P. Littlepage says the department is receiving an increasing number of complaints and asks dog owners and volunteers to report persons believed to be distributing poison.
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San Antonio Pollee
P. P. Littlepage
Police Department
Littlepage
Wile Jails Texan Under Peace Bond
Victor Briggs 20 was jailed in Dallas after being wounded by Robert A. Jackson in a July 9 shooting. He was served with a peace bond following his release from St. Paul hospital, where he recovered from gunshots inflicted by Briggs. Mrs Briggs had requested the district attorney to issue the peace bond.
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Dallas
Victor Briggs
St. Paul Hospital
Briggs
South Texas chamber cites farm labor shortages across counties
Temporary admission of Mexican laborers to ease a South Texas farm labor shortage is being considered in Washington by the South Texas chamber of commerce. Executive VP Ray Lerman plans a Thursday recap of surveys, with shortages tied to the draft and defense projects. Counties named include Calhoun, Atascosa, Bee, Matagorda, Nueces, and Burleson, with Calhoun needing 3000 cotton pickers and crops planned for 40 000 acres of peas 65 000 acres of corn and 20 000 of cotton in Atascosa.
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Mexico
South Texas
Weested
Washington
South Texas Chamber of Commerce
Feldoy
Ray Lerman
Chamber
Thursagy
Atascosa
Cilhconn
Calhoun County
Atuscoan
Bee
Matagorda
Nueces
Bornes
Auditor requests investigation of Rabstown man incident
County auditor Ed Garvey asked the Commissioners Court to investigate after a Rabstown man presented a receipt tied to a dispute over a fine. The request followed Garvey's Wednesday inquiry and a brief search by the RTSC.
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RTSC
Ed Garvey
Commissioners’ Court
Justice of the Peace
Garvey
Rabstown
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