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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1938
Page
2
The Panama railroad, built in 2255, from Colon to Panama City, is noted as the first transcontinental railroad in the Americas. Recover faster with a light want ad and free announcements over KTSA. Dial F-231 for advwriter.
Several bids were opened or tabulated by municipal officials on Friday for civic work. Alamo Plating, Prassel Sash and Door, Schulze Brothers, and Steves Sash and Seal submitted bids for sash doors and millwork with discounts. Todgers and Stewart bid 80 cents per square yard for 3100 square yards of paving on Alamosa avenue. Seven firms submitted bids for machinery to raise streetcar rails, but totals could not be deciphered due to technical nature.
A Chinese shop owner Wong Al Fook alias Johnny Wong pleaded guilty to using false weights in selling merchandise and foodstuffs. He sold Jexilima beans to Mrs. J A Marotta on February 2 and misrepresented them. Sentence was deferred to April 25 by Judge Meruline Burnet in County Court at Law No 1.
City council authorized mayor to execute a release of judgment claims on property owned by John and Howard in San Antonio. Taxes due February 1905 were paid. Howard contends city took action against the property. Mayor C K Quin Friday prepared to settle the claim for 50 dollars and remove the disputed word from the title.
Jack Patitucci, about 18, said there is little sympathy for a transient after he was injured in a flood near Los Angeles. He reported watching the bridge fail and ribs broken as waters surged, later traveling to South Bend and seeking treatment at Robert B. Green hospital, where he was admitted briefly then discharged.
The San Antonio Art League hosted a tea at the Witte Museum honoring Dallas painter Edward G. Eisenlohr, whose 37 oil paintings and 11 lithographs are on exhibit. Hostesses included Eleanor Underndonk, art curator, Mrs. J. Frank Rayls, and Mrs. Roy Giles.
The Nueces County Bar Association will host Fourth Court of Civil Appeals members at a Saturday banquet in Corpus Christi. Chief Justice Edward Smith and Associate Justices O B Slatton and W Murray will be the honored guests, joining jurists and bar members from Nueces and nearby counties.
Mantle dramatic critic and editor of The Best Plays will speak at Thomas Jefferson High School at 8 p.m. Saturday under the American Association of University Women. His lecture will survey the best plays of the year and support scholarships for young women unable to finance their education.
Richard H. Friedrich will head the San Antonio Zoological Society as president for another year. The announcement came Friday after a tar pedue supper hosted by the society at Koehler pack. Also elected were Charles Fehr as vice president and Paul Villaret as secretary.
Hoover, former U S president, arrived in Erakow Poland on his way to Warsaw greeted by cheering Polish children. He placed a wreath at the Woodrow Wilson monument and laid flowers on the graves of Marshal Józef Piłsudski and Brigadier General Thaddeus Kosciuszko, heroes linked to American revolution fame.
An ad promotes a quick recovery by using a Light Want. A KTLA broadcast carries a brief announcement. Dial 1241 for adwriter assistance and more details.
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