Meeting Set on Tax Strike by Property Owners League
The Property Owners Defense League plans a Tuesday night meeting at La Antonia Vocational Technical School auditorium to urge property owners to refuse city taxes. Joe Sheldon says 10 speakers will advise how to proceed and how to withhold payments amid ongoing litigation over a 45 cent tax-rate hike. Meanwhile 125 local businessmen form a “pay your tax” committee led by Elmer A. Ditlmar, representing over $1.26 million in taxes and urging timely payment before the June 7 deadline.
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Arab Holy War Threatened Over Palestine Partition
Reports from Jerusalem say threats of a Moslem holy war may follow Palestine partition if Arab demands are unmet. A rash of violence injures 20 and fatally harms three, with attacks on Jewish and Arab transit, and a high Moslem authority issuing a Jihad warning.
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Rift in City Council over tax department cuts
Dallas budget clashes with San Antonio as Bushick proposes slashing the tax department budget from 140 000 to 106 000 for 1938. He suggests 10 percent payroll cuts saving 9400 for salaries and 600 for paper and equipment, plus 15 000 from not compiling abstract records. Rhushick opposes wage cuts, warning revenue loss, while officials note Dallas collects 92 percent of taxes versus San Antonio's 77 percent. The dispute centers on efficiency and operating costs with June as a near deadline.
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Jury Duty Pay Authorized for Public Officials in Texas
Texas courts hold public officials may serve as jurors in both petit and grand juries. An opinion from R. E. Gray, assistant attorney general, supports pay of 8 dollars per day for grand jury service by Chief Deputy F. O Mara of the county tax collector’s office. The issue arose when O Mara was drawn for grand jury service in Criminal District Court.
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R. E. Gray
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Criminal District Court
W W. McCrary
Cat With Wooden Leg Fights Rat in Cabin Tale
Cambridge report recounts a Maine fishing trip where Artenas Scott and James Bell heard a cabin cat with a wooden leg reportedly trap and kill a rat. The owner explained the cat lost a front paw to a trap and was given two wooden legs, then powered the rat with its improvised limb.
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Bexar Facts Highlights Odd Street Signs and Pecan Trees
Frank Brady reports quirky Bexar County items including a police sign near Houston Street warning no parking, three meters in the forbidden zone, a convention department update from Gindyse Johnson, a remarkable pecan tree bearing fruit young, a stage show planned for June 1, a deputy sheriff look alike claim about Dick Powell, and Dr. Stanley Whitacre celebrating a wedding anniversary amid civic chatter about night sounds.
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Stanley Whitacre
Why We Hive De pression lecture at Hebrew Center
The Hebrew Community Center will host a lecture titled Why We Hive De pression at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Rev. Clyde E. Barnes will speak, with the center located at Quincy Street and Main Avenue.
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Rose Fever Relief Ad Claims Quick Benefit
An old fashioned medical advertisement touts Dr. Plates RINEX as a remedy for spring cold and rose fever symptoms. It promises rapid relief, a money back guarantee, and urges readers to call their druggist to obtain RINEX immediately.
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RINEX
Alcatraz Plotters Target Island Break Fails
In a May 244 incident at the grim Abstraz Island federal penitentiary, life term convict Thomas RB Limemex was fatally shot and guard BR. Clings gravely wounded after a burglary attempt to escape. Rufus Franklin was wounded in the shoulder, and a third inmate fled but was placed in solitary. James C. Lucas, known for stabbing "Scarface" Al Capone, was captured and confined.
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Abstraz Island Federal Penitentiary
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Limemex
Rufus Franklin
Alaama
BR. ©. Clings
Marine Hospital
James C. Lucas
Scarface
al Capone
Squirrel Attacks Boy Feeding It in San Pedro Park
Fernando Sanchez of 1337 West Poplar Street was treated at Robert B. Green Hospital after a squirrel bit him while he offered peanuts at San Pedro Park. The incident left injuries to his left leg and hand as the animal reacted to being fed. A separate note references Texas plant production valued at $74,458,000.
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San Pedro Park
Fernando Sanchez
West Poplar Street
Freight rate boosts approved by Texas Railroad Commission
Increases in basic freight rates across most Texas rail commodities were announced by Chairman W. Terrell of the Texas Railroad Commission. The boosts take effect June 16 and run through December 31, with general increases around 10 percent and 5 percent for some agriculture products and lumber. Exceptions apply to specific items and short-haul routes. The commission cited higher operating costs as the justification.
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Austin
Texas
W. Terrell
Texas Railroad Commission
Terrell
Dies Probes Us Propaganda Would Shock Nation
Representative Dies of Texas announces a proposed house investigation into American propaganda. He predicts it will reveal disclosures that will shock the nation and says the probe resolution will come before the House on Thursday, with Democratic Leader Rayburn predicting its adoption.
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Texas
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Picture Operator Killed in Blaze at Detroit Theater
A motion picture operator died from burns after film ignited in the projection room at the Fine Arts theater in Detroit last night. Wes Edward Burkley, 49, was among about 300 patrons who escaped the blaze. six other men and a woman suffered minor burns in the incident.
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