Mayoral Appointments Set New City Hall Posts
Major-elect Maury Maverick announces first appointments under the incoming administration in San Antonio Texas. Key figures include J Kerchevich as city attorney and M L Roark replacing O H E Kramer as tax official. Several clerks and deputies are reassigned or hired as the Corporation court seesstaff changes and budget cuts.
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Texas
Ra Kerchevich
Kercheville
Henry St. Dielmann
J. Arituy Bidlin
Elpie Jane Allison
M. L. Rowrk
Tomes
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J. Walter Felgersbaum
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San Antonio Weather Outlook Hints Little Rain This Week
Weather forecaster J. H. Jarber says San Antonio will see scant rain as high humidity provides limited dampness. The eastern and northern parts of the state have real chances of moisture, but San Antonio remains dry with possible only a brief sprinkle from far regions. Thursdays outlook remains partly cloudy and unsettled with a slight chance of rain after travel peaks.
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Ban Antonio
Jarhoe
Woman Flees Axman as Firemen Rescue Mrs Hahn
May 1 report from MIAME details Irene Hahn fleeing a burned home as an axe-wielding intruder battered doors. Firemen restrained the attacker and carried Mrs Hahn to safety amid alarms of burglars and a blazing building.
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Sycat
Irene Hahin
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Aan
Texas Mother Saves Child From Cistern
Texas Mother O J Rickman rescues 2 5 year old Donald Glenn after he falls into a 14 foot cistern at Childress. She lowers herself by rope from a post, reaches the child, frees him with the rope burns on her hands and legs. Child sustains minor head bruises. mother suffers rope burns but saved the child in a daring rescue.
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Childress
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Mra. O. J. Rickman
Donald Glenn
McMahon Resigns to Federal Position Confirmed
WASHINGTON May 17 INB reports Franklin D Roosevelt administration announced Brico McMahon has resigned as assistant attorney general effective May 4 to take a federal post. The move comes as the administration reshapes the legal staff.
French Air Liner Reaches the Azores
Horta Azores May 17 French airliner Ligulenmit de Valeseau Paris landed at Sarin today after service to the United States, with escorts accompanying the aircraft into the port.
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Mother and daughter executed for foreign Fascist plot
Moscow reports a mother and daughter convicted of espionage for a foreign Fascist power were executed at Riga. Testimony before a military court said the daughter obtained information by marrying officers in the Ukrainian border district. The Red Star claimed both women were executed and several military men were punished for lapses in Bolshevik vigilance.
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Red Star
Freight Rates Aired by Railroad Group in St Louis Area
Representatives from about 95 railroads in the southwest region met in St Louis to discuss freight rates for southwestern traffic. The session was called by the Southwest Freight rate committee chaired by Wheeler and is slated to run daily for two weeks with some 400 topics on the agenda.
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Postmark of Royal Trail Is Scheduled
Postmark officials plan a special postmark for the Eding George royal train route in the United States next month. Collectors who mail enclosed items will receive the postmark, though letters will not travel on the train. Prepaid covers should be sent to the station for stamping by the postmaster general.
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United States
Archbishop Urges Pentecost Prayers for World Peace
London May 21 the archbishop of Canterbury urged Christians to mark Pentecost with prayers for peace against fear from force. He recalled communications with Pope Pius and Cardinal Hunney noting Vatican appeals for prayer during May.
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Power Production Again Shows Gain
New York data show electric power production in the United States for the week ended May 14 rising to 2,170,160,000 kilowatt hours, a 0.31 percent increase from 2,162,629,000 in the prior week, ahead of 1,907,619,0900 in the 1938 week, per the Edison Institute.
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New York
United States
Edison Wee- Atle Institute
New Officials Job Seekers Storm City Bureau
Throngs of job seekers, including a diverse mix, packed the new Mav arick city administration bureau at 205 East Travis Street before opening. About 150 applicants waited as 5000 blanks were exhausted by 10:30 am. health department blanks ran out by 10 o clock. The bureau plans Thursday restocks and a Saturday open day. Mayor elect Maury Maverick announced positions in mayoral departments and health requirements aligned with state and federal standards.
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New Mavarick
Puston
Travis Sireet
Ealth Duanks
Health Department
Thuracay
Bureau
Civil Service
Maury Maverick
Mayertzk
Administration Bureau
Firemen Rescue Man From Ledge
Colorada Springs rescue ends for Warren G Pryor a 28 year old man stranded eleven hours on a high rock ledge in North Cheyenne Canyon Firemen pulled him to safety and he was later rushed to Glockhet Hospital in the cold but unhurt feeling afterward
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Colo
Warren G. Pryor
North Cheyenne Canon
Pryor
Glock Het Hospital
Calgon
Prison farm escape and retirement bishop deaths
Two convicts broke from a Texas prison farm and freed a prisoner in Huntsville prompting sentences for Davis and Cross. In New York, Retired Episcopal Bishop Robert Lewis Paddock, 69, died after a long illness following a militant stance against corruption in the early 1900s.
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Huntsville
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New York
Robert Lewis Paddock
Episcopal
North Texas Hit by Severe Storms and Flooding
Readable text reports heavy storms sweeping North Texas with damaged homes, uprooted trees, and lightning strikes. The Brazos river rose but no immediate flood danger noted. Towns like Holland Strawn Weatherford and Port Worth recorded substantial rainfall totals with crop damage and property losses across multiple counties.
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Taore Raln
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Abuene
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Sherman
Waco
Austin
Janveston
Houston
Maverick fights firemen union in city charter clash
Mayor-elect Maverick claims city charter and ordinances bar firemen and policemen from unionizing and threatens immediate dismissal for joining. He links the effort to Labor Federation backing and says he will review any proposal if it aims to avoid a strike, while calling the move a violation of city laws.
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Soral
Wiliam Green
American Federation of Labor
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Antonio
Maverick Carter
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British Rulers Welcomed at Quebec on US Tour
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth landed at Quebec on their North American tour, greeted by Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Canadian officials. Crowds cheered as the royal party inspected guards, then proceeded to the Quebec provincial legislature building for the welcome ceremony led by Premier Maurice Duplessis.
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Australia
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Quibre
Premiey
Maurice Dupessis
Lawyers See $4 State Bar Dues Hit Texas Supreme Court
In Austin on May 17 the INS reports lawyers in Texas face a $4 annual State Bar dues assessment. The Supreme Court ruled dues are required for all licensed lawyers, with those who fail to pay risking disbarment or legal consequences. The move follows legislative attempts to regulate the legal profession.
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Maury Plans Ban On Ticket Fixing
Maury Maverick, mayor elect, announces a crackdown on traffic ticket fixing as he takes office June 1. He aims to cut traffic deaths by 80 percent and says all tickets must go to Corporation Court, with visitors treated equally and minor infractions overlooked as courtesy. He notes coordination with Col. Homer Garrison and vows no ticket fixing under his administration.
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Maury Maverick
San Antonio
Inez
Attre
Cai Poralion
Anserted
Tsb
Austin
Homer Garrison
Garrison
Maverick
Corporation Court
Plummer Delays Back Tax Payments Amid Legal Dispute
Mayor-elect Maury Maverich appeals to tax authorities to delay delinquent tax penalties and interest as Plummer, acting on state law questions, orders the city treasurer to withhold collection until a copy of the state bill is secured. The dispute centers on penalties from 1918 to 1927 and interest from 1919 to 1927 with a Friday deadline looming.
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Maury Maverich
Sar
Cobbs
Plummer
Ine Bt
Joe Sheldon
Charles M.dickson
Hind
Royal Visit News From Capitals Features Worldwide Tensions
Royal visit coverage highlights Canady welcoming a king as measures to prevent missteps occur. London contemplates rails a new offer to Russia. Jerusalem sees protests over British policy in Palestine. Germany Italy push colonial solidarity while Don Tanck accepts swagen. Norway and Finland reject Nazi pacts. Shanghai reports US cruiser arrival at Kulangsy and Japanese landings.
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Italy
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Finland
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Kulangsy
U S Patrol Landed After VIP Move at Kulangsu
American and British forces landed at Kulangsu Island amid rising tensions over the Japanese occupation of the area. The Marblehead and Bulmer joined with British ships under Vice Admiral Sir Percy Noble as Japan demanded control. French forces were en route, and a French destroyer was reported heading toward Kulangsu.
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