City Delays Action On Lifting Case In San Antonio
City council postponed action on the ordinance to remit taxes for the Halff building at 330 East Commerce, used for a WPA sewing project, amid charges of anti union activity. Ruth Grimsinger of ILGWU alleged meetings in the building. Maxwell Burker urged reporting to state WPA director H P Drought. An investigation by Willam H Burke was ordered to report next Thursday before a new vote.
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Maxwell Burker
Halff
Maury Maverick
H. P. Drought
WPA
Aliss Grimsinger
Joske
Cladis
Burker
San Antonio
Maverick
Garment Workers Union
Willam H. Burke
East Commerce Street
M. Balf
Britain’s new luxury liner sails for America
Great Britain’s largest ship ever built, the 36,009 ton Queen Mary, departed Liverpool tonight on its maiden voyage to New York. Equipped with modern safety devices and air conditioning, the liner carries a full passenger list and sails via Cork and Firth of Clyde.
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Overpool
Enwang
Vuner
Great Britain
Mauretania
England
Liverpool
New York
Scotland
Cobb
Fielang
Sonora Mayor Denies City Quarantine
Sonora mayor W. C. Gilore today denied that Sonora is under quarantine. He said four probable cases of infantile paralysis caused one death. Authorities have limited street access to Holme Avenue and warned against public gatherings to protect residents.
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Sonora
W. C. Gilore
Chudres
Sofieol
Holme
Vagrants Roundup in County Yields 180 Arrests
Deputies led by O.8 Warnke report about 180 men detained in a week long roundup. Three of the arrested are sought by immigration authorities. Manyvagrants questioned officers about the chain cave and how long they must work, amid talk of county wide measures to curb vagrancy.
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B. M. Meeks
Mercuris
Warnke
Hemigration
Chain Cave
da Bexar
Streamlining Looms For 8 A Ordinance
San Antonio prepares a WPA aided codification of city ordinances dating to the 19th century. The project will weed out obsolete provisions from rules on slaves and public morals to street conduct and railways while preserving key named entities such as San Antonio, 1838 events, and the 1865 flood control measures, with debates over prohibitions and modernizations guiding the effort.
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WPA
City of
San Antonio
Ed Pries
City
Bryan Callaghan
Ziggity
Republic of Mexico
Elty
San Antonio Hyer and
San Pedro Creek
Hale
San Fedro
Unemployed Aid Spends State and Federal Funds Toward Relief
A year in review shows $640g in aid from state and federal agencies for the unemployed. The report to Mayor Maury Maverick by Rev. Baxter D. J. Greer details benefits from WPA and NYA programs, with thousands aided on military reservations, CCC camps, and sewing room projects. Expenditures include military reservations at $2,407,076.30 and sewing room costs at $533,271, plus COC and surplus commodities funds. Registration and case investigations ensured beneficiaries were documented. Local support came from City County Family Welfare, with county and city payments totaling over $18,000 for upkeep and additional tax remissions and donations from county, city, school board, water board, and chamber of commerce.
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I Maury
Baxter D. J. Greer
Olive County Family Welfare Agency
WPA
CCC
NYA
COC
Courtly
City
School Board
Water Board
Chamber of Commerce
Bexar Coutt Ty
City of San Antonio
Chamber of Commeres
Group Indicted on Wage-Hour Clause in New York
Indictment announced today targets Fawnes Avoldhers Company Inc and its Amsterdam unit for alleged federal wage-hour act violations. Named defendants include President Ivens Abeer Frank B. McNally auditor and chief accountant Frank J. Kaufman manager Edna Weaver floor-lady of the Amsterdam plant. Listing provided by George B. Kelly regional director U S labor department New York.
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New York
Fawnes Avoldhers Company. Inc
Miren Eniginyes
Amsterdam
St Byracks
jTelimed
Ivens Abeer
Frank B. McNally
Frank J. Kaufman
Amaterdan
Edna Weaver
George B. Kelly
U. S. Labor
Services Set for Joseph Schmitz in San Jose Burial Park
Joseph Schmitz age 35 formerly of Cologne Germany and Antonio resident for 34 years died Saturday at a focal hospital. Funeral services will be held at the Riebe Undertaking company Sunday at 5 pm with interment in San Jose Burial Park. Survivors include daughter Mrs Elizabeth Peters of Antonio and son Peter Rehmitz of Ga Joyne Germany, two sisters Mrs Elite Braune Fort Worth and Mrs Lowsa Rehmidt Detroit, and two brothers Henry Sehmita Germany and W Schimmite South Africa.
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Joseph Schmitz
Hatte
Cologne
Germany
Fan Attonia
Focal
Riebe Undertaking Company
San Jose Burla. Park
Elizabeth Peters
Fan Antonio
Peter Rehmitz
Ga. Joyne
Elite Braune
Fort Worth
Lowsa Rehmidt
Detroit
Michigan
Henry Sehmita
W. Schimmite
Bouth Africa
Local probation under state bureau scope stressed
Halph Hall Ferris of Michigan’s Bureau of Probation told the National Probation Association conference that probation is mainly a local concern, with the state providing sweeping coordination. Judge Roy Hotheine highlighted publicity for juvenile courts across America.
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Bufpato
Halph Hall
Ferris
Michigan State Bureau of Probation
National Probation , Association
National Conference of Social Work
Michigan
Ines Braybatlan
Roy Hotheine
County and Juvenile Court of
Houston
Courts of America
Special Rail Rate to Laredo Announced for July 4 Trip
Special one day excursion to the July 4 celebration at Laredo announced by Frank L Orr assistant general passenger agent Missouri Pacific. Train leaves San Antonio at 1159 p m July 3 and returns from Laredo at 1159 p m July 4 rates 115 for adults and half fare for children.
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Ab Laredo
Frank L. Orr
Missouri-Pacific Allroad
San’ Antonio
Laredo
Orr
Resignation of Ohio Warden Accepted
James C. Woodard resigned as warden of Ohio penitentiary effective September 1 on the eve of the state civil service commission decision on his reinstatement appeal. Welfare Director Charles Sherword, who removed Woodard on charges of laxity and mismanagement, accepted the resignation.
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Columbus
Ohio
INS
State Civil Service Commission
James C. Woodard
Ohio Penitentiary
Charles Sherword
Woodard
Health Week Plans Ready in San Antonio
The Bexar County Tuberculosis association announced 1938 Health Week plans running Monday through Friday with free bilingual talks by R C Ortegs and others. Sessions at neighborhoods and churches will cover health and tuberculosis prevention, with literature distributed by the local TB association. The program was postponed from late April due to Texas TB association staffing issues.
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Bexar County
George H
Tovar
Chihuahua
Picoso
Immaculate Heart of Mary
San Luis
San Saba
Guidalups
el Paso
Matamoras
Levin
Texas Tuberculosis Association
David C Griffith Returns to Films
Hal Roach announced veteran producer David C Griffith will rejoin screen work in an advisory role with Roach, consult on story material, and possibly direct a film. The motion picture pioneer behind The Birth of a Nation returns to industry work in Hollywood.
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Hollywood
Jime
David Clark Griffith
Hal Roach
Griffith
Vancouver Grain Elevator Enlarged in West
Vancouver Washington reports the expansion of a grain elevator to 4,000,000 bushels capacity, adding 500,000 bushels and bolstering bulk storage to 2,700,000. The project links Spokane Porte land and Scottle rail lines, aiming to make the facility the largest in the western United States.
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Vancouver
Wash
Spokane, Porteland and Scottle Railroad
United’ States
Henley Appointed Secretary in Quill’s Post Office
Postmaster Dan Quill named Pat Henley as his secretary on Saturday. Henley stood in for Clarence Willame, Quill’s regular secretary, during the two week vacation of the latter.
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Henley
Quill
Pat Henley
Dan Quill
Clarence Willame
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América
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San Antonio Bar Association
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Hepert
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