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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1939

Page

2

Quin and Mayor Quin in San Antonio health crisis

A physician and watchdog accuses Mayor Quin of backing a corrupt health department and aiding a comeback by the old commissioners. He details broken promises, political deals, and pressure from Quin’s inner circle while urging support for a new reform ticket to revamp sanitation and restore public trust.

Board of Health Quin Jake Rubiola Department of Sanitation San Antonio Thad

Maury Maverick Pleads West Side Support at Rally

Maury Maverick, candidate for mayor, urged West Side voters at a Fusion party rally to back him and the Fusion ticker. He claimed he never spent money among Latins and never bought a gate in San Antonio, while criticizing Dr. A Berchelmann as a foe of the Mexican population and accusing Quin of double crossing allies and Callaghan of being misled.

Maury Maverick New Lawier School San Antonio Maverick A. Berchelmann Guin Nimeekt Quin Callaghan

Rallies Promote Fusion Ticket Amid City Disputes

Speakers at West Side rallys tout Fusion Maverick and Jeffers as key figures in a heated race. Campaigns highlight machine politics and indictments while sheriff and civic leaders address reform, relief work, and health conditions in the district.

Maestro Takes Hospital Job Amid Federal Oath Halt

Paris May 1. Irrita Kreisler, famed violinist born in Vienna and now a French citizen, was reported by Paris Midi to have naturalization papers. A hospital plumbing contract at Troberton Green faced a court-ordered halt after the hospital board refused to suspend work. The order followed a plumbers union complaint that contractor Ed Hudson was not paying prevailing wage on a WPA project. The court sought legal rulings on the contract and authority to withhold funds, with the board insisting the agreement remain in force pending those opinions.

Troberton Green Emirb Wowrd Plumbers Union Ed Hudson Wwe Huson B. J. Ghte Unger Mir Ccatf Hudson Aid Board Naors Gittinger Gitlinger

National Guard seeks recruits for new MP company

National Guard announces enlistments for a fresh Thirdy-eixth Military Police unit. First Lieut. Jack L. Rides leads the recasting at the armory in Dallas and Richmond streets Tuesday night. Recruiting targets 22 men to meet authorized strength. those with prior service are preferred.

National Guard

Weather report for San Antonio shows mild week

The report notes partly cloudy conditions on Monday night and Tuesday with a gentle southeast wind. Highs near 86 on Monday, around 88 on Thursday, and 84 on Sunday, with a low around 63 Monday morning.

San Antonio Quicilty

AFL Boss Urges Five Member Federal Labor Board

President William Green of the American Federation of Labor urged replacing the National Labor Relations Board with a five member federal labor board. He testified before the Senate labor committee supporting Wagner act amendments to curb board power and allow employer elections to pick unions. John L. Lewis added the AFL would back reforms shaped with manufacturers and anti labor groups.

Washington National Labor Relations Board William Green American Federation of Labor Senate Green Federal Labor Board A. P Walsh Demoncrat Massachusetts Ace Sf Id A. F. of L John L. Lewis Mmorst

577 to Be Dropped From WPA in Bexar County

In San Antonio district about 300 WPA workers in Bexar County will be dropped from the rolls in May. J A Hazelrigg, area supervisor for 80 counties, cited a May quota of 8715, down from 9292 in April, as the reason for the discharge. National and state supervisors said the reduction statewide totals 7300, leaving 90,500 on WPA in Texas.

WPA San Antonio Bexar County J. A. Hazelrigg Srea Hazelrigg H. P. Drought Texas

Grand Juror Will Probe Tenge in Theft Case

A new grand jury, convened in Criminal District Court Monday morning by Judge McCrory, will probe rackets operated by fences tied to stolen goods. Foreman F M Gillespie and secretary-treasurer Walt Witchell named. jury includes W H Brow Bandera, P Chamberlain, Waller Sparks, Louis Rodriguez, Rob ert Sweeney, Frank Bradford, EB Parker, P D Mathis, P Holbrook and others. Judge McCrory charged the group to uncover wider fences networks, noting Texas law limits on confronting accomplices in court.

WW. McCrory Poreman Gillespia van Jackson Toad Herpel-Gillespis Motor Com C. Witchell Florida Street Walt and Marx Gillespie Witchell W. H. Brow Bandera Dairyman P. Chamberlain Jackson Laboratories P. D. Mathis Essex Street P. Holbrook Montrose Avenue National Bank of Commerce McCrory

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