San Antonio to Head Naval Reserve Units in Texas
San Antonio is named among 14 Texas cities to organize naval reserve divisions in the Eighth naval district. A. A. Geton, district director, will conduct the formations. The district will include 1,066 officers and 16,400 enlisted men, with Dallas Amarillo Austin Beaumont Corpus Christi El Paso Fort Worth Galveston Houston Laredo Port Arthur Waco and Wichita Falls also sponsoring units.
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San Antonio
Texas
Eighth Naval District
A. A. Geton
Dallas
Amarllo
Austin
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
el Paso
Fort Worth
Galveston
Houston
Laredo
Port Arthur
Waco
Wichita
Light Want Ad Promises Quick Results for Sellers
Thousands seek fast sales by listing articles or services via a Light Want Ad. They phone F-12391 to place ads and obtain ready results.
Labor War At Printers' Home
COLORADO SPRINGS May 7 A truce was called in a labor dispute at the Union Printers home after pickets were withdrawn to avoid residents’ protest. Retired printers ninety years old or more volunteered to join a demonstration against AFL building service employees. The home, operated by the AFL International Typographical Union, faced pressure to join the AFL union.
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Colorado Springs, Corp
Dennis
Committee For Fair Treatment
AFL Building Service Employes International
AFL ‘International Typographical Union
Jess Fletcher
Workers’ Union
State Federation of Labor
Willam Green
AFL
Dowell Patterson
San Antonio May Get New Hiring Service Airline
Mayor Gus Mauermann announced on Monday that San Antonio may gain another airline. Dal-Airlines owner E. B. Germany of Dallas inquired about airport landing rules. Sheling, based in Dallas, operates seven passenger planes. City airport director William Steinhardt has received the requested information.
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San Antonio
Gus Mauermann
E. B. Germany of
Dallas
Dal-Airlines
Sheling
William Steinhardt
Alamo City Club To Hear County Commissioner Candidates
Louis Cardenas and Ernest Macias, candidates for county commissioner precinct 1, will address the Alamo City Democratic club at 8 p.m. Monday at John B. Hood school. Secretary Leonard Sales said any other candidate wishing to speak could also address the club.
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Louis Cardenas
Ernest Macias
Alamo City
Democratic
John B. Hood
Leonard Sales
Jap Killers Go to Prison
Manila May 7 three Japanese soldiers were sentenced to prison terms from 10 years to life after confessing to executing four American airmen captured from a crippled PBY rescue mission. Maj Mitsuji Tanaka received life, Sgt Maj Kuemon Tio 20 years, and Cp Troshi Wakamaori 10 years. The fliers were executed in the Fuga islands off Luzon on June 8, 1945.
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Manila
Mitsuji ‘Tanaka
Kuemon Tio
Troshi Wakamaori
Fuga Islands
Luzon
White House to End Air Conditioning If Coal Shortage Worsens
May 7 report says a White House brownout is in effect by President Truman’s orders. If coal crisis worsens, the air conditioning system at the White House will be turned off to conserve power.
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White House
Washington
Truman
The New Veteran Talk Set By Veterans Leader
Robert Holston will discuss The New Veteran at a Bexar County Young Democratic Club meeting at 3 pm Tuesday in the Municipal Auditorium west wing. The notice also urges daily use of Light Want Ads.
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Robert Holston
American Veterans Committee
Bexar County
Young Democratic Club
Municipal Auditorium
Auto damage suit set for trial in district court
The $25,000 personal damage case of Jane A. Markham versus Leon M. Oppenheimer is scheduled to open Tuesday in the district court. The plaintiff claims she was run over by a car driven by Oppenheimer on December 3, 1942, on the Laredo highway near San Antonio.
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Jane A. Markham
Leon M. Oppenheimer
Tard District Court
Oppenheimer
Laredo Highway
San Antonio
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Jimmy Hatlo
Penicilta
THANX
Erie
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Braniff
Loredo
Braniff Airways
Gunter Hotel
Fannin
National Distillers Products Corp. N
Printers
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Alamo City Club
Trinity University
Mountain Valley
Hot Springs
Ark
Wada
Mountain Valley Mineral Water Fiz Beverage CO
Main Ave
KABC
United States
American Broadcasting Company
Howdy
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