NEW HOUSING SITES FOR 796 FAMILIES IN VICTORIA COURTS
A southside plan details two housing programs to shelter 796 families in Victoria courts and 578 families in two other projects. The 14-block Victoria courts span from Labor and Victorian streets southeast to Pear, then six blocks south to Leigh, then west to Labor and along Labor to Victoria. Lincoln Heights courts are bounded by Lombrana street to the north, Hamilton avenue to the west, and Poplar street to the south. The Wheatley project covers the area midway between Zarramora and Elmendorf streets.
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Victoria Courts
Victoria Street
Pear Street
Leigh Street
Labor Street
Lincoln Heights Courts
Lombrana Street
Hamilton Avenue
Poplar Street
Wheatley
Zarramora
Elmendorf
Locations set for public housing in San Antonio
Robert D. Barclay, chairman of the San Antonio housing authority, announced Saturday the locations of three Negro rent housing projects. Boundaries for a fourth project, the Apache addition to the Alazan courts, will be announced later.
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Robert D. Barclay
Housing Authority of
San Antonio
Barclay
Th Ie
Tech Girls in Honor Guard Form 32 Member Team
San Antonio based Tech Girls organize an honor guard of 32 members chosen by elimination and drills. Each new member earns five Merlis toward forming the final unit to lead the Battle of Flowers parade with the first wave of inductees including Edith Summers and Mary Cantu among others.
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Red Jackets
San Antonio Tech
Edith Summers
Mary Cantu
Consutta Sifuentes
Enriqueta Guerra
Lucy Hermosa
Gloria Rodrigues
Rachel Winslow
Leonor Lopez
Ernestine Pena
Frinces Welrich
Virginia Guerra
Remedios Varela
Genevieve Lozano
Joyce von Toussaint
Hortense de la Garza
Carrie Cadena
Flodia Lozano
Margaret Fraser
Bertha Riojas
Ora Lee Roddy
Rose Marie Huizar
Helen Vogt
Norma Viola
Eleanor Viola
June Evans
Ruth Klein
Fern Poston
Dorothy Buckelew
Mary Louise Obrioia
Anna Dellagiacoma
Annette Erfurth
Bertie Lawrence
Film Union Chief Appeals Sentence
William Biott, head of Hollywood labor unions, petitions the Illinois Supreme Court for review of his six month sentence from 18 years ago after a pandering conviction. He failed to secure a habeas corpus writ in Chicago, with Chief Justice Phystalski ruling only a gubernatorial pardon could avert the term.
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Biringeaeld
INS
William Biott
Hollywood Movie
Ilinois Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Buott
John Phystalski
Criminal Court
Chicago
Glass Firms Face Sherman Indictments in San Francisco
Four major San Francisco glass companies and fifteen individuals plus the GIs Jobbers association of San Francisco and Oakland were indicted on federal charges for Sherman antitrust violations. The 15 named persons include former officers of several firms.
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San Francisco, Mu
INS
San Francisco Glass Companien
San Francisco
Oakland
Noted Swedish writer dies at age 82 in Stockholm
Selma Lagerlöf, renowned Swedish novelist and Nobel prize winner, died at 82. U S housing authority to fund 90 percent of a multi project low rent housing program in San Antonio and two other sites. Three projects Wheatley Victoria Lincoln Heights grant costs total 5 038 million dollars with land options progress across Wheatley Victoria and Lincoln Heights sites.
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Harrison Street
Hudson Street
Gevers Street
Arthur Street
Gevers
Mittman Street
Hays Street
Mittman
United States
Stockholm
Selma Lagerlom
Elpide
San Antonio
Victoria Courts
Wheatley Courts
Lincoln Heights
Wheatley
Lincoln
Gen C F Humphrey Retirement Set for March 31
General Charles F Humphrey Jr outlined the retirement of Gen C F Humphrey due to physical disability. The announcement noted her long career and recent works translated into 30 languages, with Greta Garbo connected to a film project and a Washington ceremony at Fort Sam Houston.
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Marbacka
Brig
Charles F. Humphrey Jr
Fort Sam Houston
Wasj
Greta Garba
Washington, D. C
Europe
Humphrey
HPP Ag Pie Lage
Waal
Bar Sawer
NYA Finds Jobs for 285,004 Youths
Washington report shows NYA placed 285,004 youths in private work during the four year span ending March 1, 1936, with 691,031 registrations and 291,095 interviews. The agency also visited 180,828 employers and secured 844, a thousand private placements and 7,42 interviews for job solicitations.
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NYA
Washington
INS
Bisected 20 Cent Confederate Stamps Stir Texas History
A San Antonio tale reveals bisected 20 cent Confederate stamps created during wartime shortages. The Richmond notice from 1868 warned against dividing stamps, noting such halves circulated widely from Texas and Alabama. The Dead Letter office tracked the practice, with Fort Sam Houston central to distribution concerns.
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Confederacy
Texas
Alabama
Pepyes
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Austin
Texans Remembering Confederate Stamp Shortage In Letters
The note recalls a 10 cent Confederate stamp shortage amid letters from the Trans Mississippi era. It mentions Mr Steves who stored stamps since his death four years ago and his visit to the Confederate museum in Auckland Virginia where he spotted classification errors by the guide.
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Trans-Mississippi
Mr. Steves
Steves
Confederate Museum
Auckland
Newspaper advertising shows 5.7 percent rise in 80 cities
Chicago report notes in the week ending March 9 retail display advertising in newspapers across 80 American cities rose 5.7 percent from the previous year. An Advertis ing Age writer adds a museum explanation and mentions a curator seeking more data from Confederate philatelist Albert Steves of San Antonio for accuracy.
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Chicago
Advertising Age Reporter
Albert Steves
San Antonio
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