Hearst Trophy Final Scores Crown Texas Military Institute
San Antonio's Texas Military Institute won first place in the William Randolph Hearst Rifle Trophy finals with 78 points, while Allen Academy of Bryan took second with 856 and a third score of 447 also went to Texas Military Institute. Six teams of five students competed in the finals as part of the annual military school event.
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San Antonio
Texas Military Institute
Allen Academy of
Bryan
Texas
Hearst
Charles B. Armstrong Jr
Joseph D. Payne
Thomas A. Wolf
Stewart D. Harvey Jr
James 5. Calvert
Charles Arnolst
John Davis
David Liedmann
Viggo Gray
Charles §. Garrett
Twe Bahama Islands Number Some of Them Uninhabited
A brief note lists several Bahama islands as uninhabited while others are inhabited. The terse item hints at the archipelago’s varied occupancy without detailing exact isle names or numbers.
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Twe Bahama Islands
Dream Turns Dangerous as Man Injures Leg in Dream Flight
Alfonso Balonas, 26, of 190 Lafitte Street was found by Sergeant L G Dunaway early Saturday sprawled beside his parked car on South Alun and Market streets. Balonas said he dreamed someone was shooting at him and, while trying to flee, crashed through his car window, cutting his leg. he was rushed to hospital where he recovered.
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Alfonso Baenas
Lafitte Street
Lito
Robert B. Green Hosital
L. G. Dunaway
Balonas
Alun
Market Streets
Feaders
Balo
Lost and found bureau at the post office
The town’s only government lost and found is in the downtown post office, guarding 12 gloves in five sizes and four colors left behind during blotting, stamping, or pen use. The custodian lists items monthly, noting envelopes are common, and items unclaimed after 90 days return to finders.
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United States
Postoffice
Uncle Sam
Post Office Lost and Found Bureau
Federalbuilding
Bureau
Federal Building Bulletin
Corps of Federal Building
Lost and Found Bureau
Cashier Checks Seized in Bookmaking Probe
Police raid on an alleged information office for horse race bookmakers recovered seven thousand six hundred seventy five dollars in cashier checks. Lambert, 2056 West Magnolia Avenue, is held under one thousand dollar bond after a hearing before Justice Raymond Gerhardt. Checks dated 1898 to 1940, totaling encontradas, none cashed, were taken from Lambert’s person when booked.
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Lorse
C. Lambert
Justice of the Peace
Raymond Gerhardt
Lambert
West
Magnolia Avenue
Mberi Ty
Madison Street
Seeligson Named To Gil Committee
A A Seeligson local oil man was appointed to the tax policy and advisory committee of the Independent Petroleum Association of America for 1940. H B Fell, executive vice president, Tulsa Okla, noted the oil industry bears a heavy tax burden and urged recognition of its proper share while Seeligson leads Transwestern Oil Company here.
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A. A. Seeligson
Jocal Oil
Independent Pelrode Association of America
Seeligson
H. B. Fell
Tulsa
Okla
Transwestern
Ol Company
Letter From Reigh Received From Germany
A wartime air mail letter delivered to Mrs. Carl Pfeiffer at 643 Taft Boulevard was dated March 8 and bore the header Opened by Oberkommando der Wehrmacht. The missive, carried via South America, came from Elizabeth Zahn of Neustadt and discussed a mutual friend ill, with Nazi seals and stamps indicating official handling.
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Germany
Carl Phiffer
Taft Boulevard
Ater
South America
Carl Pfeiffer
Bacring Down On the News Bacring Down On the News
ARTHUR Bugs BAER comments on European policy and war risks amid limited statements. He notes a spike in intervention and predicts a fall outcome, fearing involvement and urging restraint as public opinion shifts.
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Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Bond Election Planned for Los Angeles Heights Schools
A $55,000 bond issue for school improvements will be presented to residents of Los Angeles Heights on April 20 after a board meeting of the suburban independent school district. It would pair with WPA funds to build an eight room elementary school and upgrade Thomas Edison High, Woodlawn Hills, Benjamin Franklin, Woodlawn Wilson and Laborn Truth Elementary schools. A $75,000 similar measure failed in March 1939. officials say the new issue would not raise the tax rate or assessed valuations.
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Los Angeles Heights
Board of
Suburban Independent
WPA
Thomas Edixon High
Woodlawn Hills
Benjamin Franklin
Woodlaw Wilson
Lajoiiner Truth
B. R. Goward
Ten Injured In Bexar Traffic Accidents
Police blamed slick pavement and locked brakes for multiple crashes in Bexar County on Saturday. Ten San Antonians were hospitalized, including Evan Gelina Garlby, 7, with a broken leg and possible head injuries after a crossing collision on Guadalupe Street. Four others were treated at the county hospital for lacerations, facial injuries, and other trauma in separate incidents on Beguin Highway and nearby streets. Officers Wiseman and Hayles investigated the events, with bicycle and vehicle collisions reported across several blocks.
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San Antonians
Robert B. Green Hospital
Evangelina Garlby
San Vernando Street
I Une
Quadalupe Street
Salvador Garza
Potosi Street
Mariel Gabby
Beguin
Dutotly Peayer
Merida Stret
Lucille Pearce
T. T. Garrett
Schley Avenue
W. G. Wiseman
H. K. Hayles
Marcelino Gutiler
Rez
North
Olive Street
Auto Ag
Austin Street
Melvin A. Garmes
Fort
Sam Houston
Winner Named in Pan-American Essay Contest at San Antonio
Sam Lucchese of Alamo Heights High School won first place in a Pan-American essay contest at Vocational and Technical School San Antonio. Other winners included John Davis second, Joseph Mifsud third, and Wanda Jean Butcher honorable mention. Judges were Mrs. W. W. McCrory Floyd D. James and Ales N. Bowers.
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Sam Lucchese
Alamo Heights High School
San Antonio “Vocational and Technical School
Pan-American Round Table Society
John Davis
Alamo Heights
Joseph Mifsund
Central Catholic High School
Wanda Jean Butcher
Living With Swaps and Secondhand Deals on Flores Street
A fragment describes a man named Campbell at 5501 South Flores negotiating trades involving chicken, secondhand items, plane tires, and antique mouse traps. It mentions a deal with a street dealer and a shop where he plans to show off bargains and merchandise, though many details are unclear.
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Bell
South Flores
Old Street
Nakes
M.A. Colgrove
Stent
Jones ta Pen Ser nes church lecture series at Gentrel Cheristy
A weekly lecture series begins Monday at Gentrel Cheristy Church with Dr Dewitt Jones addressing readers at 2 p m and again at 1 50 a m, 8 p m on Sunday. Rev D Ray Lindley will lead both services tomorrow. An annual play, A Fathers Sacrifice, will be staged Sunday at San Fernando Cathedral High School auditorium, 320 North La Jido Street.
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Bdear Dewitt Jones
Delynit
Micki
Gentrel Cheristy Church
Jans
Federal Council of Churenes
iAmerica
D. Ray Lindley
Tomar
Tow
San Fernando Cathedral High School
P. Fi
Guaitorium
Lajiedo Street
Re assembled After Theft In Santa Fe
A car stolen from Market Plaza Thursday was recovered Saturday at the corner of Hayes and Rio Grande streets. Officers J A Reardon and J L Warrach held a man for investigation in connection with the theft.
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HG Fust
South ‘Trinity
Pat Lack
Tnieves
Hayes and
Rio Grande
Market Plaza
Ihe
J. A. Reardon
J. L. Warrach
Investi
Girl Painter Miriam Beck Wins Praise From Teachers
Miriam Ruth Beck, 18, of 696 West Agarita Street, painted an oil portrait of tenor Nino Martini in five days without teacher aid. Incarnate Word College art teachers praised the work as equal to a trained artist. Beck has met Martini and owns his autographed photo, and she corresponds with Martini’s sister in Italy.
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Miriam Ruth Beck
Agarita Street
Nino Martini
Miss Berk
Martini
Miss Beck
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G. K. Armstrong
J. D. Payne
T. A. Wolt
D. Harvey
Calvert Winters
William Randolph Jhearst
Sgt
W. N. Reese
Tlas HS
Bahama Islands
Dream
Man
James Williamson
Soc
Government
Room
Stvengets
Walton F. Gibbs
Mexico
Gibby
Robin Hood
Mexlco
Gibbs
Sierra Madre
Kora
Gulehol
Tahumar
Castroville
Minnesta
Paw Valentine
New Jersey
Valentine
Morristown
Mr. Anonymous
Fredericksburg
Waco
Pend
Col
Marvin Steen
Stearn
Seventy-first
Texas National Guard
Gil
D. Liedmann
V. Gray
C. BE. Garrett
Bear
C. Arnold
J. Davis
Reigh
Europe
Mis
Adwriter
Fannin
Tom Broadway
Bexar
North Flores Street
Treng
D. A. Campbell
M. A. Colerove
E. D. Jones
Miriam Beck
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