Five Injured in Night of Violent Attacks in San Antonio
Five San Antonio residents were hospitalized after a spree of slugging stabbing and beating incidents. Victims include Mrs W H Redfern at 126 Irwin Street and Leo Lopez 311 Matamoraga Street in serious condition. Police reported a mystery attacker. injuries ranged from head lacerations to serious abdominal stab wound.
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Hospilaly
Herbert T. Hatcher
Broadway
Altacker
Robert B. Green
Avenue E
W. H. Redfern
Banta Rom Hospital
Redferns
Irwin Rtrect
Brazos
Tampico
Mike Romero
Hodgen
Wilson
Millian
Hey
Gaines
Galney
W. G. Wissmann
Leo Lopez
Matamoraga Street
Lopez
Buena Vista
Concho
Hand Hacked Off by Cult Member In Pittsburgh
A 20 year old Jehovah's Witness preacher hacked off his left hand at the wrist then walked across Pittsburgh to his mother's home with the severed limb hidden in his pocket. Police restrained him and he was transported to a hospital for observation.
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Pittsburgh
Mm Emmanuel Shapiro
Realdetiut
Rustiels
Wintner Losplra
Work Called Cure for Spring Fever
A garbled report notes Walter Moore age 22 and Sammie Moore pled guilty before Judge McColl Bullett to head of receiving and concealing stolen property. Sentencing followed as the court handled the case linked to a stolen wheel from a car owned by W. W. "Bill" John.
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Walter Moore
Gandmeyer
McColl
Bullett i
Law
W. W
Bill
John Jefferson High School
Miami mother hopes for quintuplets and a luxury home
Katherine Gillahan, wife of Emory Callahan, rests in a Miami hospital as doctors say five unborn babies may be quints. The Miami Herald plans to publish photos and income from the couple while funding medical care and hospital expenses under an agreement with physician Dr. Arthur W. Wood. They married in June 1939 and moved from Thomasville, Georgia, aiming for a large family despite typical prematurity risks.
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Miami
Fla
Katherine Gillahan
Arthur W. Wood
Tim
Emory
Furniture Factory
Tome
The
Miami Herald
John S. Knight
Callahans
Herald
Wood
Tamaas C. 'Oillahin
Thomasville
Migm
Cullman
Als
Callahan Ds
BE. L. Duren
Amory, Mist
Mississippi-Tennessee Railroad
Tate
House Rebukes Labor Board and Cuts Federal Funds
Washington March 24 The House appropriations committee rebuked the National Labor Relations Board over wage division and proposed substantial cuts in federal funding for the next fiscal year. The panel retained many CCC camps, added 2 million dollars for public health services to combat welfare diseases, and slashed 10 million from grants to states for old age assistance. The actions accompany the annual supply bill for Labor, SSA, and related offices totaling 54,189,700. The committee trimmed the total by about 16.8 million below budget estimates and 19.1 million below the current year appropriations.
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Washington
House’ Appropriations Committee
National Labor Relations Board
CCC
Labor
Federal Security Agency
House
State sales rise in Texas last month says UT bureau
The University of Texas bureau of business research reports Texas department store sales increased T percent in March compared with February 1939. Growth occurred in sites with normal trends and was led by stores in Beaumont, San Antonio, and El Paso nationwide.
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Texas Department
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
San Antonio
el Paso
Injury at Play Fatal to Boy in Fredericksburg
Complications from a broken leg suffered two weeks earlier during school play Thursday claimed the life of Clayton Euler 19 son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Euler of this city. The death occurred in Fredericksburg March 41 with officials noting the fatal injury and ensuing medical complications.
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Predericksburg
Clayton Euler
Arthur Dlier
Giant British Liner Departures From New York Harbor
Two of Britain's famed merchant ships the Mauretania and Queen Mary sailed from New York Harbor amid wartime secrecy. The Mauretania slipped out first, while the Queen Mary followed under clear skies, both under wartime orders for troop ship duty with destinations unclear though likely toward the Near East or Australia.
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Mauretania
New York Harbor
New York
Malet
Bien
Hudson
Bay
Marine News
Boyd
Australia
France
Britain
Halifax
Boston
Ansonia
Welles Fails to Find Peace Hope
Rome dispatch reports Secretary of State Sumner Welles, after three weeks in Europe, favors no premature settlement with Italy. He plans to press for a just plan if conditions improve, warning Roosevelt against hasty intervention. A diplomatic source notes Welles stresses national security, economic factors, and equity in any peace.
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Lady Rhonda
London
City Demands Report on Accidents and Notifications
San Antonians must report traffic accidents under a new ordinance with a 200 dollar maximum fine. The measure, enacted with an emergency clause, requires drivers involved in injuries or death, or property damage over 25 dollars, to notify police and stay at the scene. Unattended or private property incidents require the owner to post name and address. If the driver is incapacitated, others must notify police. Vehicle owners must report vehicles left in possession for over 24 hours using official forms.
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San Antoninas
Pallee
New Bicycle Regulation Passed by City Council
The AT ordinance updates bicycle rules from 109 era. Bicycles must follow auto traffic laws, sidewalks barred downtown, allowed in residential areas. Riding double is banned unless a two seat model. Night riders must have a front light and a rear reflector. Juveniles may be impounded for violations and parents may be fined from 1 to 200 dollars.
School Head Killed by Electric Shock
GERONIMO, Oxfa., March 21 INS a Ray T. Prough 96 superintendent of schools died today from electrocution by a small transformer he was adjusting at the high school auditorium while preparing lighting effects for a class play. Witnesses say Prough told a senior to turn on the current as the superintendent held the transformer. he was fatally shocked despite resuscitation attempts.
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Geronimo
Oxfa
INS
aRay T. Prough
Auditorum
Prough
Sunder
Prouih
Monarch distributes Maundy money at Westminster Abbey
King George VI personally distributed Maundy money at the annual ceremony in Westminster Abbey. The event, marking the royal aid to the poor, saw 45 women and 0 men receive gifts as Queen Elizabeth stood nearby. The archbishop of Canterbury usually represents the sovereign in such ceremonies.
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Lyndon
Maren
Gorge VI
Westminster Abbey
Elizabeth
Canterbury
George Vo
FDR's Temperature Improves Then Rises Again
Washington March 1 President Roosevelt was confined to his room again with what he facetiously termed swamp fever A secretary Stephen Early said the president's temperature rose slightly this morning to above normal but he is in good shape and not worried The fluctuating temp was described as one of those things that take time to adjust.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
France forms new cabinet in wartime unity drive
Paris report says premier Reynaud forms a war cabinet by drawing from Socialists on the left and right groups. Edouard Daladier becomes national defense minister as the lineup includes Camille Chautemps, Cesar Campinelli, and Raoul Palliot with a separate war council and commerce ministry reshuffle.
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Mars
Gehie
Paul
Kovsrimient
War” Gorlmon
Edouard Dalatier
Reynaud
Reynauls
Lo Lagden Lamoureux
Dulodier
Camille Chautemps
Vier
Cesar Ciampinchi
Navy
Imbalstor Benatarus
Laurent Evans
Ammtniseer
Wud
Raoul Dautry
Xemament
Revinaid
Ae Monte Millee
Ningels
Ghinfeline
Dalheier
Soviet envoy warns Britain of German bid to force war
A highly placed Russian spokesman in London says Moscow seeks friendship with Britain while accusing Nazi Germany of trying to drag Moscow into a war against the Allies. The informant, unnamed for security, asserts the USSR’s unease over Britain’s future war policy and hints at a manipulated agreement between powers.
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London
Cis
Great Britain
Moscow
Authenlin
Fragmented OCR: World War II era politics and weather notes
Fragmented text details a French cabinet reshuffle and references Daladier Reynaud and rightists, with war aims and the formation of a national unity effort. Also reports drought and rainfall in Texas, with towns like San Antonio and Fredericksburg affected, plus meteorological notes and forecasts.
Youth held on marijuana charge in Santa Rosa area
A 20 year old, Jewle Garxa of 2322 Colime Street, was arrested for unlawful possession of marijuana after a City police officer and a board agent stopped him at 2 a.m. in the 40% block of South Santa Rosa Avenue. A marijuana cigarette was found on his person.
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Jkil
Marihuana
Jewle Garxa
Colime Street
Serot
H. Sheok
Davies
Ec Nis
Santa Rosa Avenue
Marina Cizarette
Income Tax Gain Above Estimate
Secretary Morgenthau said preliminary income tax collections for March show a 31.2 percent lead over last year and comfortably above Roosevelt budget estimates. Telegraph reports indicate $621,000 in receipts for the first 20 days of March, with no plan to tap the stabilization fund to avoid the debt limit. He warned against using the fund and framed it as an emergency measure for unforeseen national needs.
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Maypenthaw
Preside Roosevelt
Treasuty
Morgenthau
Mae Treasury
Treasury
War at a Glance in Paris and Europe
Paris Paul Reynaud hastens to form new French war cabinet and Western front activity. German submarine bases in the Baltic may come under Royal Air Force bombing. Berlin reports sinking nine ships in a British convoy air raid. Helsinki predicts resignation of the Finnish war government after Easter. Washington notes Allied interest in a seven mile a minute Lockheed plane could speed foreign aircraft purchases.
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Paris
Paul Reynaud
Western Front
Baltic
Royal Air Force
Berlin
High Command
Helsinki
Washington
Good Samaritan Loses Clothes in Sudden Departure
Edward Stahl sheltered a youth for three weeks in good faith. The youth vanished with all Stahl’s belongings, leaving him facing a costly loss and unclear next steps as police investigate the abrupt disappearance.
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Edward Stahl
Stahl
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with showers Thursday night and Friday night. Winds will be variable, mostly southeast, with mild temperatures. Airport highs around 87 and lows near 52 to 65 degrees, with slightly warmer conditions in the northeast and northwest areas.
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