S A Used Car Dealers Rush Sales Before OPA Ceilings
Anticipating new OPA price ceilings set to take effect on July 10, San Antonio dealers hurried to move vehicles at cost. Several managers report brisk activity since the ruling’s announcement, with some hopeful that post-regulation price rollbacks could reach 300 to 400 dollars on better models.
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OPA
Gilbert Cruz
Ormsby 1
Chevrolet Company
Cruz
Bruce Roberts
Flying Cadet Auto Exchange
Broadway
Sid Henry
Henry
Bond drive gains as Miss Dawson appeals in public events
Washington reports the fifth war loan drive at 8 percent of its $6 billion individual sales goal after two days. Miss Dawson visited Lions Club and Flag Day events to champion bonds, sharing stories of a pioneer mother and a lonely soldier. Treasury notes bonds now buy more gear, with costs for bombers and planes down from last year.
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Lions Club Swiche
Municipal Auditorium
Dawson
Willy Westfall
Rio Grande Valley
Washington
Treasury
Fewer Anger Case Hearings Feared After New Law
Judge Corrigan expects fewer anger complaints in his court as Assist District Attorney Tafolla reveals a law allowing taxation of complainants for proceedings costs. Neighbors and spouses filed petty anger cases, cluttering the docket, with many cases settled before trial. Meanwhile, debate over President's yacht Pocomats and car price ceilings continues as Sid Henry criticizes delays.
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Justice of the Fence
Bat Corrigan
Assistint
Jimmy Tafolla
Callaghan Targets Tax Evaders Amid Collections Drive
Tax Commissioner Alfred Callaghan announced a campaign against high‑level tax evaders. He noted a $5000 payment from a nonresident with changed address and warned other owners who moved would be pursued, with unresolved cases referred to back tax collector M L Roark. He also pledged action against noncity residents dodging connection charges.
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Alfred Callanan
A. B. Stevens
M.L. Roark
Callghan
Eli Fifer 73 Dies at Home in San Antonio
Eli Fifer 73 longtime San Antonio grocer died at his home 4104 Somerset Wednesday. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Friday at Riche Funeral Home conducted by Judge J M Norris. Interment will be in Roselawn Burial Park.
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San Antonio
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Rond
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Riche Funeral Home
J. M. Norris
Roselawn Burial Park
Well-Disguised French Orchard Ambush Braces Normandy Fight
British six division paratroops repelled a German assault near Ranville in a dawn to early afternoon action. Paratroops pierced the woods with machine gun fire after a staged German advance, inflicting heavy casualties and capturing hundreds. By late afternoon Sherman tanks aided a retreat that turned into a massacre for the enemy. total German losses neared 400 killed and 2,000 taken prisoner with British losses under 90.
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Orne
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Somerset
Breville Gap
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