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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1941
Page
2
Military police on furlough duty will maintain order in cars and protect private and public property. An officer will be present at key terminals to manage large troop movements and help enforce railroad and civil regulations.
Foremen of Army camps in the Eighth Corps area may authorize peace furlough movements. An inter-territorial military committee proposes free transport for military police to assist railroad officials and employees in managing soldiers on furlough. The railroad committee approves one MP per 100 soldiers aboard and MPs to be placed on duty with trains.
National defense expert notes mass drills aimed at exposing blitz blunders behind the defense army before active service. Lieut. Gen. Hugo A. Drum says $4.4 million is spent to stage maneuvers with American business men training as a neutral unit of the British home guard.
The passage notes that the Quartermaster Corps must supply 147,000 items to the First Army constantly, serve 1,000,000 meals daily, cover 2,500 miles of wire for communications, and maintain hospital facilities for 500 normal patients daily plus the medically wounded from mock combat.
Wage tax payers in the South Pexax area were urged by the Internal Revenue Service to rush payments before October 3 to avoid penalties and interest. Collector Frank Scofield announced $54,000 in social security wage tax credits were being awarded for the quarterly period, noting penalties and interest would be assessed on late remittances.
The annual lay clergy conference of the Episcopal diocese of West Texas will be held here Friday and Saturday at St. Mark's Episcopal Church with about 240 delegates. Rev. Charles W. Sheerin and Rev. Samuel Capers will lead discussions on loyalty to God and church work, with talks scheduled Friday and Saturday and a Saturday adjournment after the final session. Delegates from area parishes and districts will attend, including church leaders from San Antonio Victoria Laredo Brownsville and Brackettville.
A complaint filed in Justice of the Peace Frank Vaughan's court charges burglary at the home of Paul Maureayy on West Mistletoe Avenue and a hit-and-run involving multiple defendants listed with various addresses. The incidents date to late September and October, with additional charges mentioned against Wayne Holden and others, as details remain mixed in the filing.
A 14 year old man, Manuel Reygadas, suffered a fractured skull after a fall on a sidewalk in the 80 block of North Flores Street. He was under treatment at Robert B. Green Hospital. The report notes about 30,000 tickets for major amusements and sports activities in New York City are issued weekly to U.S. armed forces members.
First Shout, Ham A Carnen, personnel officer at the new air corps advanced flying school, Vic tora, is now commander of nine squadrons. The nine squadrons exist only on paper, activated at the air base in the past week as more enlisted men and cadets arrive, with officers to be assigned to take over. Carnes will continue to sign the morning reports for the rack unit.
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