Aided by Army the South Gains Industrial Growth
Reports from Britain show industry expanded by its military program. In the South, San Antonio benefits from defense spending with building booms, railroad and livestock activity rising. Army projects at Randolph, Kelly, and Fort Sam Houston drive local employment and manufacturing, prompting optimism for continued growth.
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B.C
Britain
San Antonio
William MM. MeIpresh
The
Bsn
BE. V. Dunsant
Braves
Kelly Fields
Henry B. Arnold
Army Air Corps
South
America
Pension Funds and Legislation Tangle in Four Month Session
In Austin on May 17 the four month legislative session advanced slowly with debates over pension financing and a broad set of budget and salary amendments. The house pressed the departmental appropriation bill while the senate considered the county road bond and state affairs tax changes, with no vote taken on the receipts tax. Meanwhile a separate incident in Los Angeles involved Arthur Latoe, a 59 year old truck driver, whose nervous breakdown followed a traffic stop and admonition for safe driving.
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Austin
Legislative Ship of State
Pension Pier
House
Senate
Ges
R. G. Piner
The
Los Angeles
Arthur Lat0e
O. B. Morrell
Body found ends search for Belleville shooting suspect
A body identified as Gus Buettner, 41, a Waterloo chemical worker, was found in a wheat field near Belleville marking the end of a manhunt for the slaying of Hallie Grosse and her escort Willis Ketzler. Authorities say Buettner died by suicide, after being sought for the double murder.
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Belleville
Suttor
Gus Buettner
Waterloo
Buettner
Hallie Grosse
Willis Ketzler
Bull of Waterloo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Frat Shake Down Incident
In Cambridge on May 17 a Somerville youth named Celabrase 17 was charged with attempted larceny after a mass paddling by MIT fraternity members at a fraternity house. He cooperated with police at the station and identified two companions as twenty students were detained for attempting to steal an automobile tire and wheel.
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Cambridge
Mass
Somerville
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Salvator
Cel Brase
Cele Brase
Patie
Spanish War Vets Encampment Set For San Antonio
Spanish War Vets will stage their state department encampment June 4 in San Antonio, officials announced Wednesday. All regular army units and state volunteer units that served in the Spanish American War, the Philippine Insurrection, and the China expedition will hold a reunion dinner. J W Harrie, 3518 Broadway, 14, chairs the bus arrangements committee. Read the announcements of leading schools, colleges and teachers in Classifications 3 to 38.
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State Department
San Antonio
Im. J. WH. Harrie
Broadway
Investigation into Feud Amid Estate Dispute Near Waco
May 37 reports officers continued probe into a schooling feint involving H W Matthews of Gonzales during an argument with a relative. Assistant District Attorney Harold Clark said Br Fl Ge Arndt, 75, described a scuffle over whether the distance between Waco and Gonzales was 140 or 180 miles and noted family tensions over an estate. Matthews’ widow and others offered statements as investigators pursued leads.
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Waco
H.W. Matthews
Gonzales
Clark
Braithews
Matthews
Florida Youth Robbed By Two Strangers In Texas Train Ride
Billy West an 18 year old from Barasota Florida was robbed by two men while riding a train near the Viton stockyards in San Antonio. They befriended him and then took $1.30 his clothes a watch and golf clubs totaling a loss. He was freed by a watchman and police hunted the suspects.
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Florida
Billy West
Barasota
Pla
Gan Antonio
West
California
Ab el Paso
Wbo
Viton
Tokis
Navy Blimp Crash to Be Investigated After Landing
May 17. A board of inquiry was to investigate the crash of the Navy’s airship X 2, the newest and largest nonrigid airship, which struck a tree while landing at the naval air station Adleray overnight. Eight crewmen escaped as the bag collapsed after a branch punctured the gas bag. Damage was slight.
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Navy
Akehurst
N. 1
Naval Air Station 1
Adleray
Jensen
Kennethy Ard
Brancher
Argits
Ball Re-elected President of San Antonio Welfare Bureau
Ball was re-elected president of the San Antonio Welfare Bureau on Wednesday April 1. Officers include Judge S. G. Taslou as first vice president, Paul G. Villard as second vice president, M. G. Trub as third vice president, Judge McCollum Harnell as fourth vice president, A. E. Haswell as recording secretary, John W. Dittmar as legal aid chairman, Dr. Baxter D. Grocer as treasurer, Mrs. F. H. Bradford as parliamentarian, Henry Mueller as auditor, D. A. Powell and Charles Bryant as directors, with Mrs. Mary Lane Hanson as juvenile chairman and other chairs named.
Solid Food New For Boy 13
In Omaha on May 1 a thirteen year old boy named Andrew Daly, malnourished for years due to a stomach canal constriction, began a diet of solid foods at a hospital. He had lived mostly on milk and sweets, weighed 45 pounds, then gained five pounds in a week as he was gradually introduced to cereal and toast.
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Omaha
Neb
Andrew Daly
Matlon
Gibson
Andrew
Tie
Nap Theft and Local Robberies Reported in City
A resident reports a petty theft from his car as a hat and money vanish near a street. Other thefts include a suitcase taken from a parked car, a garden hose stolen, and a camera lifted from Walgreens. Also cited are federal treasury figures for May 15 and May 4 1936, including receipts, expenditures, and debt.
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C. @. Stephens
South Flores Street
Bertha Stunberg
City Street
Walgreen
Washington
Treasury
Major Gilchrist Named Assistant Chief of Staff at Port San Houston
Major Gilchrist reports for duty with the Second division at Port San Houston and is announced as assistant chief of staff for tearing and operations. He succeeds Maj. A. G. Weems, who recently completed his tour with the division and was transferred.
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Mof
Hugn
Gilchrist
Port San Houston
Maj
A. G. Weems
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