Second Victim Inga Murder Suspected Ines Night Drive
Details from police and The Light outline a theory that two youths, possibly slavers, hid in an auto after Agnew and a companion left Magnolia Gardens north of San Antonio. Blows to Agnes’s head suggest a rear ambush. Sheriff hopes questioned Fort Worth arrestees shed light. funeral for Agnew set for Thursday.
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H Agnew
Pickens
Thiele
San Antonio
Agnew
Magnolia Gardens
Light
Wentes
Agnes
Owen W
Fort Worth
Mons
Kiday
Murder Case Facts Listed in A. A. Case Details
State officers list 14 facts in the murder case involving Agnew and an unnamed companion. Timeline covers Friday to Monday with Agnew’s car found burned and bloodied, a battered skull, pistols, and items tied to Magnolia Gardens near San Antonio and Edinburg events. Suspects described and two men arrested in Fort Worth after boarding a freight train.
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FR. J. Agnew
Milldar Nase
Pichard
Agnew
En-Gineer
Straus- Frak Company
San Antonio
Austin
Tal
Magnolia Gardens
Austin Highway
Mercedes
Smithard-Wesson
Agnews
Descriptions Of Sought Men In Slaying Probe
At the request of Su rent Owen W Bilday The Light publishes descriptions of two police officers sought in connection with the slaying of RB L Agnew a San Antonio refrigeration engineer. First man tall about 5 9 115 pounds 27 to 30 blue eyes sandy hair scar left cheek wearing khaki trousers dark brown jacket carrying a cheap brown suitcase. Second man about 6 feet 1 inch 140 pounds black hair slicked back wearing dark hunter cap with ear muffs, black slicker jacket, chauffeur badge on cap, Western police records noted.
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Owen W. Bilday
RB. L. Agnew
San Antonio
Houston
Texas
Weusten
Watchman Hired as Defense Move in Small Town
MECHANIC FALLS Maine March 18 Voters in a 20 home community discussed impending war clouds at a town meeting and decided to hire a night watchman to guard the railroad junction area amid fears of bombing or sabotage by 8 Tor. The watchman’s chief duty is to keep a lookout for saboteurs with annual pay set at 1040 dollars.
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Mechanic Falls
Poisoned Woman Taken To Hospital After City Incident
Evvie Swerdiin, 27, living at apartment Bo. 2, 110 Funston Place, was treated Tuesday at Robert B. Green hospital for poisoning. The incident occurred near Mein avenue and Beusten street Monday night.
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Josephine Seal
el Paso
Evvie Swerdiin
Funston
Robert B. Green Hospital
Mein Avenue
Beusten Street
Marks Music Event At St Mark's Parish Halls
Briggs and Megee sopranos and Gursh baritone with Walter Graham will present a program of duets and solos at St Mark's Parish halls at 8 on Wednesday as part of weekly Lenten musicals. Public invitation extended to attend.
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Lolz “Briggs
Megee
Wally Gursh
Walter Graham
St. Mark's
St. Mark's Church
Domestic Court Project Opposed by County Official
County Commissioner Uhr voiced opposition Tuesday to two state senate bills, arguing the county could operate without a Domestic Relations court. He disputed changes to the Bexar County juvenile department and objected to a bill proposing a Domestic Relations court.
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Uhr
State Senate
Bexar County
J. Pirankiin Spears
American Held in Berlin Granted Clothing Suitcase
Richard Hedeler, an American arrested last Saturday in Berlin on charges of espionage suspicion, was allowed to receive a suitcase of clothing and personal necessities. He will be permitted counsel as advised by the German foreign office to the United States embassy.
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Berlin
Richard Hettelel
DNB
German New Agency
Hedeler
United States
Bremen fire causes heavy damage on Nazi ship Mner Bremen
A fire aboard the German Mner Bremen, a 53-73 ton merchant vessel, caused heavy damage before it was extinguished. An investigation into the blaze had not yet been concluded, according to stated sources.
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Berlin
Bremen
Plan For Six Year Public Works To Stabilize Job Market
Washington March 18 The national resources planning board recommends a six year post emergency public works program to spend billions to keep employment steady as defense industries cut back. The plan, sent to Congress by President Roosevelt, calls for a revolving fund and immediate surveys, with site purchases and financing methods for federal, state, and local projects. The board notes defense needs and long term safety measures and names Frederico A Delano Dr Charles E Merrion and George F Vands as board members with Charles W Blot as director.
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Washington
National Resources Board
Congress
Roosevelt
Federal Planning Agency
National Resources Planning Board
Frederico A. Delano
Whnman
Charles E. Merrion
George F. Vands
Charles W. Blot
Mother Cabrini Miracles Studied For Canonization
Vatican City on March 18 reports the Congregation of Holy Riles began considering miracles attributed to Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini who was beatified in 1935, the first American honored. Several miracle recoveries are linked to Cabrini, who fled Chicago in 1927 and is buried in New York. The hall of rites will review the tests before potential sainthood.
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Vatican City
Congregation of Hues
Frances Siveria Cabrini
Mother Cabrini
Miers
Chicago
New York
Congrega
Riles
Minsk
Churchill warns of German ships crossing to American side
London reports Prime Minister Churchill states that U boats and German battle cruisers have crossed the Atlantic to the American side and that several independently routed ships not sailing in convoy have been sunk as far west as the forty second meridian. He dismisses Washington reports about a German submarine's dispatch.
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London
Winston Churchill
Atlantic
State Department
Halifax Told Him Says Welles
Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles said Viscount Halifax reported Britain had received news of a German submarine sighting off American waters. Welles noted no evidence of German battle cruisers in the Atlantic and referred questions to the Navy for confirmation.
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Washington
Sumner Wellse
Viscount Halifax
North Auntie Waters
Welles
Worth Milantic
Atlantic
Berlin Scotts At Report
Authorized sources say reports of a German long distance U boat en route to American waters were a put up job by wartime interests. They deny military details and call the stunt clumsy propaganda aimed at stirring war profits in the United States.
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Berlin
Marat
Amri
Shey
Une
United States
Nine Bexar Selectees Inducted Into Army
Nine Texar county selectees were to be inducted Tuesday after draft boards Nos 1 and 2 replaced others who failed physicals. Benito Cosme Antonio F Reyes Daniel Ben Pereya were accepted by board No 1. Pedro Aguirre Mojica Ignacio Pere Kimenez Abel O Davila Richard G Mendez Clement Gonzales Cisneros and Leon R Feulz were accepted by board No 2. Bexar County's March 12 quota was 155.
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Texar County
Mnla
Army
Accenianne
Soho
Benito Cosme
Antonio F. Reyes
Daniel Ben Pereya
Thesls
Pedro Aguirre Mojica
Ignacio Pere Kimenez
Abel O. Davila
Richard G. Mendez
Clement Gonzales Cisneros
Leon R. Feulz
Dvatteen
Bexar
U S Newsman in France Arrested
U S Newsman in France arrested near Chalons Sur Saone after allegedly crossing from unoccupied to occupied France without permit. Jay Allen, North American Newspaper Alliance correspondent, faces authorities and a U S embassy contact is seeking his release.
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Vichy
France
Berlin
Jay Allen
Alligtee
Chalons-Sur- Saone
Wenally
United States
Milen
Geran
Hex
25 Ships Lost in Week by British and Allies
London March 74 The Admiralty reports losses of British and allied merchant ships for the week ended March 9 totaling 25 ships amounting to 98 833 tons The amended losses for the prior week were 28 ships totaling 141 214 tons No neutral losses listed Axis powers claim to have sunk 163 06 tons of merchant shipping in the same period.
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London
Armirally
Admiralty
British Repulse Counter Attack in Eritrea
Cairo dispatch says Italian counter-attacks against positions recently captured by the British in Eritrea were repulsed with heavy Fascist losses. British general headquarters declared today.
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Cairo
Egypt
Eritrea
No Fund Bill Pushed Amid Airpower Debate
Fragmented text shows lawmakers and observers debating a fund bill tied to military aid. Rep Taber of New Mexico hints at supporting an appropriation while others opposed the original leasestead measure. The mood is wary, with critics labeling many provisions as fantastically high and unnecessary.
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Taber
Tosenberg Couple Injured in Crash
Th. L. Moyers, 20, nhcychant of Renenberg, and his 28-year-old wife were in critical condition at Axata Rosa hospital Tuesday after an automobile accident on Beguin Tie Way. They were brought to the hospital at 0:30 a m Tuesday.
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TH. L. Moyers
Renenberg
Axata Rosa Hospital
Oil Demand Increase Promised for Texas Crude
Austin in March 1842 the Federal Bureau of Mines estimated Texas crude oil demand for April at 1 355 300 barrels daily an increase of 14 835 400 barrels over March announced at a state wide provision heating.
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Austin
Federal Bureau of Mines
Texas
Truck Crash Jars Four Parked Cars
A truck crash in the 200 block of Broadway damaged four parked cars in a chain reaction. Police say the truck struck a parked vehicle which hit another, causing a third and then a fourth car to be jarred, loosening a marking meter. Driver Gene Snyder of Tulsa Oklahoma was booked for negligent collision.
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Broadway
Fatrolman O. M. Sowell
jBmne
Gene Snyder
Tulsa
Okla
Death of Woman Leads to Inquest by Justice Baye
Tuesday conducted rare inquest into the death of Mrs. Molle Willis, 64, of 128 Mason Street, who collapsed and died in her ballroom. Daughter Mrs. Jewet Ellie called an ambulance. inhalator appliance unused after Dr. J.M. Smith of Green Hospital pronounced death. Dr. Smith attributed probable cause to a heart attack.
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J. W. Baye
Molle Willis
Mason Street
Jewet Ellie
J.m.smith
Robert B. Green Hospital
Greek Lines Pounded From Air In Albania Front
Italian warplanes again pounded Greek positions and base areas on the Albanian front yesterday. Land operations were limited to patrol and artillery actions. German forces attacked an enemy naval formation in the eastern Mediterranean on March 16, hitting two ships with torpedoes.
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Rome
Ilatini
Mediterranean
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