Bexar Draft Board Named to the Miget AUSTIN
Governor Jester released names of 25 San Antonians who will form five draft boards for Bexar county. The nomination to President Truman serves as appointment to the selective service boards. Bexar ranks third in the state for board numbers, with 3 to 6 members per board and Board No 6 including Bandera county.
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Dallas County
Tagrant County
Jefferson
Travis
el Paso
Nueces
Denver Dry Goods names new board chairman
Denver on July 29 with IN S reporting Charles A. Shinn of Denver will succeed Frank M. Mayfield of St. Louis as chairman of the board of the Denver Dry Goods Co. Mayfield steps down after leading the firm in recent years.
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Denver
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Charles A. Shinn
Frank M. Mayfield
St. Louis
Denver Dry Goods Co
Truman Target of GOP Broadside
Washington July 29 Republicans blasted President Truman’s special session program as unnecessary political and potentially dangerous. Taft Wherry Halleck Keefe Dirksen faulted inflation controls and housing proposals, pledging two weeks of congressional stay without approving price controls. They argued production should not be sacrificed and urged private enterprise to tackle housing with lighter controls and funding alternatives.
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Gop Hieftains
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Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
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Nebraska
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Halleck
Keefe
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Kefauver
P-Tenn
Dirksen
Prudential Funds Hike Boosts San Antonio Housing
Prudential Insurance Company of America boosted San Antonio housing construction by 2.8 million dollars in the past year. Ariel C. Bird said 304 loans were issued locally as part of a nationwide mortgage push totaling 58.15 million dollars in Texas, with Houston leading the state. Shanks credited rising private construction for the 1948 surge over last year and urged continued private builder effort nationwide.
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Prudential Insurance Company of America
Carrol M. Shanks
New York
Shanks
Ariel C. Bird
Prudential
Dallas
Ft. Worth
Iite
Four Kelly AFB airmen charged in major mail theft ring
Four Kelly AFB men linked to a large San Antonio mail theft and check forging ring appeared before U S Commissioner P A Lockhart on new charges. Cpl James W Rolen 20 of Sikes LA faces forging and passing a government check. Pfc Gordon L Belflower 21 of Merced CA charged with passing an 800 check. Pfc Alton V Byrum 19 of Portsmouth VA charged with forging and passing a 100 check. Sgt Wilburn Wiley 26 of Sherman charged with passing a 380 check. Bond set at 2500 on new charges, 1500 on earlier charges.
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James W. Rolen
Sikes
Treasury
United States
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Gordon L. Belflower
Merced
Calif
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Alton V. Byrum
Portsmouth
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Wilburn Wiley
Sherman
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Lawrence J. Flume
M. W. Terrell
R. W. Nowlin
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R. R. Reus
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Edwin Kuykendall
Russell B.wine
Ralph E. Cadwallader
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B. B. Thompson
William Martyn
George T. Maggard
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