City council voids back pay for eight city workers
Eight present or former Ute police and fire department members were left without payment after the city council Friday voided part of a prior ordinance issuing warrants. The move withdraws the city’s offer to pay the eight, leaving them to pursue court action. Listed back wages include W. J. Rohlius 717.48 and S. F. Applewhite 2361.99, among others.
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Ute
W. J. Rovhlus
E. L. Ankerson
W. 8. Harrison
S. F. Applewhite
Fred Lu- Roverts
Dewey presses vote push in Wisconsin and Illinois
In Chicago, March 29, Dewey launched a Midwest three speech tour, attacking the New Deal and alleging corruption in the WPA and Chicago politics led by Mayor Edward J. Kelly and Patrick Nash. He urged voters in Wisconsin and Illinois, naming Vandenberg as his Wisconsin opponent and criticizing Roosevelt’s handling of WPA chief Hopkins.
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INS
Wisconsin
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Midwest
Dewey
Hight
Tammany Hall
Edward J. Kelly
National Democratic
St. Louis
Vandenberg
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Illinois
Milwaukee
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Sheppard Senate Committee
Hopkins
Beaux Brummel Bandit Holdup Reported in San Antonio
The so called Beau Brummel bandit attempted a noon holdup at the Texas Free Press office on 4100 South Press street. J H Fischer 330 Eads avenue reported the man demanded the safe, threatened to shoot, and fled in a new car after noting the reporter wore a gray spring suit and hat. Police describe the suspect as about 40, well dressed and extremely nervous, linked to recent local holdups.
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San Antonio
J. H. Fischer
Eads Avenue
Texas Free Press
South Press Street
Fischer
Census taker faces court challenge over personal income questions
Greenfield Massachusetts March 29 A federal census supervisor was ordered to appear in Pittsfield Superior Court to show why census takers should not be enjoined from asking about personal incomes. B Franklin Cross of Williams town a retired army captain filed the case arguing the questions violate the fifth amendment deprive him of liberty and private property without due process and constitute an unauthorized inquiry into private affairs Judge J Arthur Baker summoned Clarence M Durant the census supervisor for Franklin Hampshire and Berkshire counties to respond with the show cause order.
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Mass
Pittsfield Superior Cout
Iu Escay
Franklin Cross
Williamstown
J. Arthur Baker
Clarence MN. Durant
Franklin
Hampshire
Berkshire
Teacher Wins in Music Contest at Our Lady of the Lake
Sister M. Amabus head of Our Lady of the Lake college music department won three prizes in a Texas Manuscript society contest. She took first place with Regina for a boy soprano choir, second with Southern Interlude piano solo, and honorable mention with a violin solo. She will perform at the Texas Music Teachers convention in Waco next month.
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M. Amabus
Our Lady of the Lake College
Texas Manuscript Society
Regina
Use Society
Texas Music Teachers
Wace
Termites Not Third Kind Sweep Highland Park Homes
Highland Park residents woke Friday to a cloud of termites sweeping their southeast streets. Weatherman J H Jarboe explained the swarming insects are not the rumored third termite form but an annual spring migration of winged termites yet to shed their wings. Homes and walls were covered as the insects entered houses despite closed doors and windows, signaling the onset of spring to old settlers.
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Highland Park
J. H. Jarboe
Jarboe
Nine Drownings After Pilot Boat Collision in Halifax
Halifax reports nine men drowned when the pilot boat Hebridion was rammed and sunk in the outer harbor by an incoming freighter. Six harbor pilots and three crew members died, with three pilots and two boatmen rescued. The collision occurred as the boat set out to meet the freighter after midnight amid wartime restrictions on details. In Waco, Sidney Cantrell, 20, of Waco, died today from injuries after a motorcycle crash last night.
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Halifax
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