Senate Passes Bill on Federal Hire Pay and NYA Funds
Washington June 15 Senate action on domestic issues included passage of a bill requiring Senate confirmation for most federal employees earning over 4500 a year, a move President Roosevelt criticized as a tragedy. The House appropriations panel cut funds for the National Youth Administration to 3000000 for the coming year, far below the administration request. In other moves leaders prepared to push a 326 million state, justice and commerce appropriations bill and consider wartime food power shifts, while Judge Norman Atkinson of Houston died.
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Nate Okehs
Kellar
Bill Ashington
White House
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Sevelt
House Operations Committee
New Deal
National Youth Administration
Chester
Davis
James F. Byrnes
Hearst Lauds Classified Ads At War Conference
William Randolph Hearst Jr, publisher of the New York Journal American, paid tribute to classified advertising for the war effort at a four day victory conference in New York. He warned 1944 would bring greater responsibilities for classified columns as 207 newspapers attended the Hotel New Yorker event. Allan Wilson also spoke, noting classified ads aided the war manpower problem.
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Wd KO
New York
Wiliam Randolph Mearsh Jr
New York Journal-American
Hearst
Association of Newspaper
New Yorker
Hearns
Allan ‘Wilson
Armanpowey ‘Commission
Summer Symphony Program Set This Evening
Summer Symphony opens with viusung nights at Me Aan Antonia, 7:30 p.m. in the Arne son River theater under Nex Reiter. Featured performers include Carmen Quinoties, soprano, Reubeh Cohos, tenor, with selections from Gilbert and Sullivan and Humperdinck in a varied program featuring Medley of Mestern and Dream Pan.
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Vucsung
Me Aan Antonia
Arneson River Theater
Nex Reiter
Ig Tre
Cullinsan
Ippolitav- Tvenow
Solassis
Carmen Quinoties
Reubeh Cohos
Amico
Fritz
Masicagnt
Huensel
Gretel
Panoimme
Humperdinck
Stratiss
Marines Enrolling More Seventeen Year Olds
Marines expand recruit of seventeen year olds with inactive reserves. San Antonio recruiting office reports unlimited enlistments through July 1. Maj. DM Taft says eighteen reservists will be called before July, proceeding to San Diego for training.
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San Antonio
DM. Taft
Patt
San Diego
Girl 13 struck by bullet in city shooting incident
Adeline Tyler, 13, on her Frederick Street porch, was wounded when a neighbor chased a rabid dog and fired a pistol. A shot hit her side. she was transported to Hebert Green Hospital in non serious condition. A 44 year old man was booked for discharging firearms within city limits.
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Adeline Tyler
Frederick Street
Hebert
Green Hospital
Joy Police
Draft Board Seeks Ration Book For Coffee Sugar
In Yoakum county the Draft Board No. 1 reports it needs Book 3 ration credentials from Dallas. The five member board and a clerk meet weekly, often late, to process applications. They request coffee and sugar allocations to meet entitlements.
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Dallas
Yoakum County
Slav Raids Disrupt Railways and Axis Defense Efforts
Reports from Zagreb indicate Yugoslav partisan raids along the Hungarian frontier have disrupted the Buda pest Belgrade railway, a vital Nazi troop route. German Italian operations against Greek guerrillas, aided by tanks and air power, failed to flush the mountaintop strongholds as Dalmatian coast residents are evacuated inland.
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Budapest
Guerrilas
Thes
Grick
Iso
Eleanor Powell and Ford Seek Fast Wedding Amid Leave Hurdle
Dancing star Eleanor Powell and Marikie Sgt Glenn Ford near marriage as Ford awaits 72 hour leave approval. The couple, engaged months ago, plan to wed as soon as leave is granted, with Ford stating he will apply for the leave soon. The report also notes a wartime aviation rescue in North Africa where a Flying Fortress landed to save nine American fliers after a lightning blackout. First Lieut Sidney Buck of Kensington, Md piloted the aircraft and the crew escaped without major injury.
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Aully Wood
JMRE
Eleanor Powell
Marikie
Glenn Ford
Ford
Washington
Juste
North Africa
North African
Sidney &. Buck
Kensington
Joan Lynn
Grasshopper planes eyed to move wounded in war zones
Army test at Fort Sill Oklahoma uses a two seater grasshopper plane to quickly shuttle wounded from battlefield areas to field hospitals. Maj Victor Fraizer of Kansas City leads the trials, praising the craft as an ideal ambulance able to land in open fields and on improvised sites behind front lines.
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Fort Sill
Okla
June Forest
Victor
Prazler
Kansas City
Frazier
Ferey
South Pacific
Gora
Buna
Han
Thalrenty
Corn Black Mart Charged in Midwest Market Turbulence
Chicago reports cite a grain market dispute where buyers and sellers engage in high priced corn trades and farmers rely on brokers to move stock. Experts warn a potential complete shutdown of corn refining within 30 days could disrupt toxic manufacturing, papermaking, aluminum and steel foundries, brewing, candy making and other dependent industries.
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Chicago
Bic
Midwest
Torn Industries Research Foundation
Library Use Up 50 Percent in 1942 43 Report
The San Antonio public library system reports a 50 percent rise in facility usage in the 1942 43 year. Total circulation 2699 dollars shows 44008 books read by children while overall readers settle for fewer books per person. The city’s shelves hold 162911 books and 12444 volumes were added during the year.
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San Antonio
Unclear fragment hints at illegal corn market trade
Fragment mentions an illegal corn market and grain traders. indicates illicit activity within grain trade among traders, though details are incomplete and unclear about locations or individuals.
Uvalde Soldier Alfredo Uriegas Laid to Rest
In Uvalde on Sunday funeral rites were held for Alfredo Gey Pada Uriegas aviation radioman third class of the city. He died June 7 at a naval air station Weeksville North Carolina after being thrown during an aircraft landing. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Refugio Ortegas and survived by three brothers and two sisters.
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Uvalde
Alfredo Geypada Ariegas
Aviation Rediamah
Naval Air Sthcion
Weeksville
N.C
Uriegas
Aii
Refugio Ortegas
Fragmentary San Antonio Notes mention Sommers and Walgiresa
A garbled OCR fragment references San Antonio locations and individuals Sommers and Walgiresa with unclear context.
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Cin San Antonio
Sommers
Anil Walgiresa
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