Alvin York To Boost Recruiting Rally At Alamo Plaza
A recruiting rally to boost enlistment will be held Saturday at 4 p.m. on Alamo plaza. Col McKeneley Edmunds announced the lineup led by Maj Alvin C. York, famed World War I sergeant. Also speaking are Gen Walter B. Pyron, Dr Henry Warren, Mayor C K Quin, and other recruiting office representatives. A portion of the program will be broadcast on the Texas Quality Network.
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de Winthe
Alamo Plaza
McKeneley. Edmunds
Bellzappin Star Wed In Baltimore Ceremony
Tung Miles Vi Brantley, composer, and Francis J. Happy Felton, remedy store owner of Helzapoppin, wed today at St Mark's Reform Church in Baltimore.
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Bellzapoppin
Baltimore
Tung
Miles Vi Brantley
Francis J
Happy" Felton
Helzapoppin
St. Mark's
Brother Named In Flier's Will and Estate Details
Robert DeRoos Newkirk of 23 West Magnolia avenue is sole executor of the estate of Iqbo olin Van Buren Newkirk. The will, filed in Charles W. Angerson's probate court, dates July 3, 1841 and April 30 filing, names brothers and sister to receive fixed sums. widow Jane Dunham may receive half the estate.
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Robert DeRoos Newkirk
Magnolia Avenue
Iqbo Olin van Buren Newkirk
Chine
Robert Newkirk
Tiger
Scarsdale
Mier
Newkirk
Jane Dunham
Los Angeles
Judes
Charles W. Angerson
K. Lathrop Arnett
Louie Arnett
Sue
Plane Victim Burial Set for Edward James Kelly
Services were to be held Wednesday at p.m. at Loring Funeral Home for Edward James Kelly of 334 Wilkins Avenue who died Friday in a plane crash near Denver. A native Texan, Kelly was employed at Duncan Field and was in Denver studying electricity when the accident occurred. Surviving are his parents Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Kelly and a brother John.
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Loring
Edward James Kelly
Wilkins Avenue
Denver
Cole
Kelly
Duncan Field
Benver
Edward J. Ally
Stabler
Rayon
Jones
John 7
Services Slated For Aged Woman Van Devanter
The aged woman Mrs. Van Devanter of 271 El Monte Street died Wednesday at her residence. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 10 AM at the McCollum Murray home with Dr Jelm Crockett officiating. Interment will follow at Mission Burial Park. Surviving are her daughter Mrs Helen M La Muster and stepson Forde M Van De Vanter of San Antonio, sister Miss Minnie Howell of Rushville Illinois, and granddaughter Mrs Frederick A Miller of Denver Colorado.
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Vrs
Naoan van Devantet
EL Monte Street
Funneral Berviers
McCollum-Murray Fii
Nera
Jelm
Crockett Ottdaling
Mission Burial Park
van Devanter
Helen M. LaMuster
Forde M. van de Vanter
San Antonio
Mintli¢ Howell
Rushville
Frederick A
Senator O'Daniel Pushes Rubber From Texas Grain
Senator W Lee O'Daniel, famed for turning Texas wheat into flour, proposes producing synthetic rubber from grain. In a telegram to the South Texas chamber of commerce in San Antonio he urged quick action with other organizations and individuals. Roy Leaman, chamber executive vice president, said the matter will be brought to those interested.
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Pappy
Lee O'Daniel
Texas
South Texas
Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Fnally
Chamber
Roy Laeman
O'Daniel
Final Marriage Lecture Slated in Wartime Series
Last of the lecture series on Marriage in Wartime sponsored by the San Souci sorority will be given at 8 p.m. Thursday at the VW. Speaker Ty Clyde Adams of the San Antonio State hospital will discuss Emotional Adjustments in Marriage.
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San Souci
Bal
Clyde Adams
San Antonio State Hospital
Mexico Soprano Mercedes Caraza Tours U S Camps for War Aid
Senorita Mercedes Caraza arrived in San Antonio to begin a two month tour of United States army camps arranged through the Mexican embassy. She will perform at Randolph Field Fort Sam Houston and the Municipal Auditorium with a WPA orchestra, praising Pan American unity and promising to sing in a peaceful spirit if Fascists seize the hemisphere.
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Senorita Mercedes Caraza
San Antonio
Menten Alles
Senorita
Mercedes Curaza
Juan Cardona
Fernando de la Garza
Guiter
Fie
Senorita Caraza
Mery
Aky
Lions Club
Woman's Club of
WPA
Accvision
Setivrita
War Jobs Salaries Revealed for Top U S Executives
A Philadelphia report discloses 1940s pay for top executives amid war production. Names include Nelson, Knox, Sears figures, Pepsi Cola reps, Wright Aeronautical, National Lead, B F Goodrich, Fairbanks Morse, and Safeway. Salaries range from six figures to over 700000, with several leaders tied to major firms and war effort roles.
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Philadelphia
Donald NM
Nelson
War Production Board
Vita
Sears, Roebuck Company
Securities and Exchange
Frank Knox
Chicago Daily News
IRL
5. F.C
Othe Pepsi-Cola Company
Pach
V. ©. Robertaar
G. H. Robertson
Joseph Lao Pides
Roland Chilton
Wright
Aeronautical Corporation
W. H. Grofit
John L. Collyer
B. F. Goodrich
Thomas J. Cucney
Sears, Roebuck
Robert FE. Wool
Sears
BR. I. Morse
Mannager
Fairbanks, Morse and Conomry
Donald B. Hess
American Bosch Corporation
L. A. Warren
Safeway Stores, Inc
Jon W. ‘Phones
Firestone ‘Tire and Rubber Company
Sud
Distin ‘T
Wilting
Com— Epewvens and
Southern Corporaon
River Pageant To Tell Legend In City Recreation Program
A river pageant sponsored by the city recreation department will be presented Friday evening at the Acheson River Theater. The program features children from city playgrounds dressed as Tex Wildflowers. The celebration marks the reopening of recreation centers citywide, directed by Mrs Ona House and Miss Bertha Almaguer with teachers Miss Ruth Matlock and Olen Sanders.
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Sun
Ie City Recrertion Department
Acheson Fiver
Mra. Onlea House
Hutcheson Case Abated By Court
The Court of Criminal Appeals today abated the appeal of Clarence D Hutcheson who died last week in the Bexar County Jail. Hutcheson had been convicted of murder in the death of Alfred Friesenhahn on October 13. He was under a death sentence.
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Aurlin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Clarence D. Muteheson
Bexar County
Hutcheson
Alfred Friesehhahn
Don Fills City Tuberculosis Survey With Blunt Critique
Don Folitics, writing under the Don, condemns San Antonio’s TB survey for boondoggling delays and focus on socio economic data over X ray proof. He alleges the city health department blocks progress, fears public sentiment, and urges a city wide, action driven effort with strong equipment and staff to fight the disease.
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Don Foliticg
San Antonio
Yse
Varmin
Tellave
Jon
Sfiste
County Hiberculosis
Public Health Service
City Health Department
Fulth
Elty
Aerith
Hve
West Side
Corregidor Soldier's Wife Seeks Work in Eden Texas
Mrs. R. J. Sparks of Box 479 Eden Texas, widow of an American soldier lost on Corregidor, says she cannot find work to support her children. She plans to file for naturalization in November and asks Postmaster for help, hoping for a job in San Antonio as a typist or similar work.
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Russia
R. J, Sparks
Box
Eden
Texas
San Antonis
Steel Production Program Short Wasting ITON
Production officials announced a trimmed steel expansion plan due to material storage constraints. The program aimed to increase capacity but faced delays and reductions as inventories remained tight.
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Alvin York
Flier
U.S. Navy
SAN Antonio Brewing Association
United States
Mexico
U.S
Nelson, Knox
Don
T.B
Cerone
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