S A to Buy New Meters in City Purchase
City council authorized purchase of 200 twin meters from Twin Meter Sales Co for 15,490 dollars with installments up to 50 percent of receipts and first payment due in 60 days. Bid openings set for May 27 for elevator at city hall and sewer main work on West Side streets. Howard Stich awarded contract for sanitary mains. totals noted 45,673 and 45,565.
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Twin Meter Sales Co
Main Ave
Umade
Sani
City approves architect contracts for two new fire stations
The council authorized architectural agreements for Fire Station No. 26 at Highway 50 and Werner Road with John M. Marriott for 28,000 and 1,400 for fees. Fire Station No. 25 in South San Antonio will have Weidner and Friedrich as architects with 2,000 for fees. An arbitration deed granted right of way through arsenal property. Routine appropriations include payroll 139,299 and utilities 17,415 and 20,000 from the tuberculosis fund.
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John M. Marriott
Highway 50
Werner Rd
Weidner and
Friedrich
San Antonio
Arsenal
County Tuberculosis Control Fund
The
Tuberculosis Board
Sul Ross Girl Wins Film Trip to Hollywood
Alpine May 18 Anne Mims of Sul Ross college is selected as Miss Southwest and will travel to Hollywood as guest of the Ft. Stockton Lions Club. Her sister Peggy, secretary to Sul Ross president Dr. R. K. Hawkins, may accompany her. Anne is daughter of S. M. Mims, pastor of the Methodist church.
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Anne Mims
Sul Ross College
Miss Mims
Oo Hollywood
Ft. Stockton
Weather Summary and Local Mill Shift Change
Weather data from May includes total monthly precipitation and year-to-date deficits. Tide and moon phase details cover Aransas Pass and nearby stations with mean temperatures around 71 degrees. In Gonzales, the Cotton Mill reduced shifts from three to two, releasing about 70 workers while spinning and carding stayed on three shifts.
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Museia
Thursidayy
Acta
Aransas Pass
Boston
Brownsvil
Cheyenne
Shilao
Si Corpus
A.veree
Denver Ely Ag
Dodge Uyiseres
Monk
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Hemphig
New York City
Omaha
Gonzales
Senate Split Over Backing for Non Communist Europe
Washington May 13 The senate foreign relations committee is divided over pledging military backing for non Communist Europe. Chairman Vandenberg has drafted a working paper to advise President Truman on UN moves, but the proposal stalled yesterday with lack of bi partisan support. The plan urges regional defense within the UN, leadership to press veto reforms short of force, and cautions against amending the UN charter.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
GOP
Vandenberg
Light Want Acts cost little pull big
A terse item notes that light demand actions cost little yet yield large returns. Dial F-1231 suggests a contact or service code. The fragment hints at a promotional or classified blurb with minimal detail and no clear event or person names.
Americans at Buckingham Palace party in royal season
Socially prominent Americans were hosted at Buckingham Palace for the first wartime post, about 30 Americans including 20 women attended with Ambassador and Mrs. Lewis Douglas. King George, Queen Elizabeth greeted guests as the event opened royalty's social season shared with two July fetes and a planned indoor affair next month.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Lewis Douglas
George
Queen Elizabeth
Mmeludten
Jane Gregory Heyer
Houston
Texas
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