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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1945

Page

12

Bor Digs Around Uncavers County Bond Losses

A long scroll of tangled notes reports taxpayers losing in a county bond deal. It glosses over casino-like profits, high markups on drinks, and OPA price ceilings, then shifts to local governance, park concessions, and a crisis at Bexar County hospitals with staffing shortages and budget overruns. The piece mingles political critique with lurid anecdotes from Southwest Texas, naming several officials and local entities in a sprawling, fragmentary ledger.

Wilkinson Broadway Mulberry Beet Rackel Harold Winters Army Bexar Robert B. Grren Feds Bewa FG Duckworth Charles W. Anderson Cotissionrys Br. Duckworth Harry Taylor Testgns A. Milewage Mileau Garvey Sly Whawl Ralf Lenants Robbins City Wood Bank Joe Free City Health Rutbins Reagan Hasstoy City Board of Health County Commissioners Court Col. W.N. Maddie Mike

Unclear Fragment Reflects Political Machine Money Inquiry

The text appears to depict a San Antonio political machine under investigation. It mentions a West Side power bloc, Commissioner Henry, and election workers, with a narrator hinting at missing funds and campaign spending. Names and dates are fragmentary and uncertain.

Corr Cama Wien Belf Ape Politec Henry Holy Hein

Store Gives Boys Ten Breeding Pigs Distribution

A Sears Roebuck cow hog program delivered ten breeding pigs Saturday morning to young boys in Bexar. Recipients include Earl Moss Hetotes Anthony Shadrock Sayers Donald Speer W W White James Gass Culebra Julius Mastey Jr Carmen Walter W Palmer Converse Henry Schult Jr Goebel and Roland Leunsmen Goebel. Boar pigs were sent to Wilford Bendele Culebra and Leslie Albrecht Goebel.

Len Bretawig Pis Wat Bexar Young Boys Sears-Roebuck Earl Moss Hetotes Anthony Shadrock Sayers Donald Speer W. W.W. White James Gass Culebra Julius Mastey Jr Carmen Walter W. Palmer Converse Henry ©. Schult, Jr. Goebel Roland Leunsmen Goebel Wilford Bendele Leslie Albrecht

State Farm Labor Assistant to Speak at Bash Eud Settlement

A Texas A&M assistant will address the Ban Antonia ceration of Settlements at 2101 Dakota Avenue, discussing the state migratory agricultural workers program. A report on infant diarrhea will be presented, and Mrs. Elsie Clinton of St. Mark's Community House will depart for a Tulane seminar attended in Amit.

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Gasoline thief capture noted by shop owner

In Chicago on May 18 Otto Makoyicka, a repair shop owner, testified before Judge Irwin G. Clorfene that his bee shooter device helped him chase suspected gasoline thieves. He described seeing Eugene J. Martin, 18, leaning over a gas tank and dashing under a porch as Makoyicka lit a match to light the path.

Chicago Otto Makoyicka Makoyicka Irwin G. Clorfene Eugene J. Martin Makovicko Peto

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