Flood plan studied by board for San Antonio area
The San Antonio and Bexar County Planning board reviewed a nearly 14 million flood prevention program. Engineer Terrell Barnett urged 8.479 million to start work on storm sewers and river channel improvements for Alazan Martinez and San Pedro creeks. New officers and directors were elected as part of the meeting.
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San Antonio and Bexar County
Terrell Barnlett
San Antonio River
Alazan, Martinez
San Pedro
L. F. Fite
Juke Turner
John Bridgers
W. H. Lilly
B.A. Bath
John Zeller
Tired Kidneys Sleepless Nights Remedy Promised
Tired kidneys cause nighttime urination and restless sleep. Doan's Pills are advertised as a stimulant diuretic used for over 40 years to flush waste from kidney tubes and relieve backache and swelling.
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Doan
Milion
Jane Filis
Lunch Plan Lauded by President Truman
President Truman called the federal-state school lunch program a splendid start and urged expansion to every community. He praised the national school lunch act authorizing 50 million dollars in federal funds matched by state appropriations to boost child nutrition and farm product markets.
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Washington
Truman
Agriculture Department
Representative named to national labor relations panel
C of C selects 12 Smith of Houston to represent the South Texas chamber on the National Association of State Chambers of Commerce labor relations committee, with proceedings to meet after the November elections.
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Smith
Houston
AT Buchanan
South Texas Chamber of Commerce
Labor Relations G
National Association of State Chambers of Commerce
Kelly Needs X-Ray Technician at Kelly Field
Brig. Gen. G. H. Bovey announces the San Antonio Air Material Area needs an X Ray technician at a salary of 2394 dollars a year. Applications can be made in person at Building 265 at Kelly Field.
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Eng Vel
G. H. Bovey. Jey
San Antonio
Kelly
War assets office to stay open for veteran purchases
The Veterans division of the War Assets administration will stay open for veterans to be certified to buy war surplus items. Robert F. Sloan, acting regional director in San Antonio, announced extended hours Monday through Friday. Cargo airline sector notes growth as over two dozen U S airlines now operate cargo services.
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Veterans’ Division
The
War Assets Administration
Robert F. Sloan
San Antonio
New Coal Crisis Feared by Obama era? Coal strike talk
John L. Lewis raises the possibility of a new coal crisis next month as negotiations loom over wage patterns and government operation of soft coal pits. Officials in Washington anticipate extending the existing wartime wage contract while UM W leaders push for shorter work weeks and higher pay.
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INS
John JL. Lewis
Apting
Coal Mines Administration
Coal Mines Administration, Which Has Been Wilder. Vising
Stet
Lewis
J. A. Krug
Southwest
Amarillo
Krug
N. H. Collighan
Adm
Ben Morrell
Mineral Health and Welfare Fund
UM. W
Jean Kennedy
Atlantic City
Mintrs
Injured Railman Sues Wabash for 450000 in St Louis
Lowell Dyer 32, in a wheelchair or on a stretcher, sought 450000 from the Wabash railroad in a St Louis court. He testified he jumped from a moving freight at Huntington Indiana on August 15, 1945, and was thrown under a train after his foot caught in a hole.
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Oet
Richard M. Duncan
Wabash Railroad
Lowell Dyer
St Louis
Huntington
Ind
Labor Roundup Ends Maritime Strike Split
In New York City on Tuesday ship operators and the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association signed a contract after 13% hours of talks to end an older strike by ship engineers. The settlement includes a 15 percent general wage hike and hourly pay improvements, while a separate dispute over pilots kept most Trans World Airlines planes grounded.
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Maxine Engineers
New York City
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
U.S
Frederick Livingston
AFL
West Coast
E. P. Trainer
Marine Engineers Negotiation Committee
Marine Engineers
MEBA
Trans World Airlines
TWA
A. F. L. Union
QO Esompany
Paris
Bellevue schools reopen after AL FU strike halt
Belleville schools resume Tuesday after a one day holiday caused by the AL FU building service employees' union strike. The union agreed to arbitrate the dispute over a janitor's fear of chemicals in high school chemistry labs. The stoppage disrupted local stores and fuel, with police deploying at several reopened chain outlets.
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AL FU. Building Service Em.ploves
Volvo Tne
New York
Metyolopitan
Bronx
Shortage fears and labor strife hit Puerto Rico and Detroit plants
Officials warned of possible violence and a week long food shortage in Puerto Rico as a strike reduced supplies. Chrysler charged a CIO dues campaign kept 74 workers away from the Jefferson Avenue plant in Detroit amid picketing at Gates of the Platt, claiming interference with production in violation of the union contract.
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U. S. Marlingstrike
Chrysler
CIO
Jefferson Avenue
Detroit
Ie Gates
Platt
Uaw.cio
Five Killed in Plunge of Truck Near Hersfeld
Near Hersfeld a military truck careened over a 23 foot embankment while returning from a dance. Four German girls and an American soldier were killed. Two other soldiers and eight German girls were injured, the Third Army announced.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Hersfeld
Third Army
Man Admits Boxcar Slaying
William Albert Norris admitted killing Earl D. Thompson during a train ride near Valentine after he boarded a boxcar in Uvalde. The 24 year old Norwich, Connecticut resident hatched a plan that led to Thompson being struck with a hatchet and stabbed with a pitchfork as railroad workers watched. Norris fled the scene toward El Paso and was captured by border patrols at Lordsburg New Mexico.
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William Albert Norris
Earl D. ‘Thompson
Norwich
Norris
Alexandria
Thompson
Nortis
Uvalde
Phoenix
Valentine
el Paso
Boys Clubs of America program opens in Waco
The Lexus Area Council of the Boys Clubs of America begins its fall event in Waco with Everett McCullough of Wichita Falls presiding. Discussion leaders include B A Singleton of San Antonio.
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Bohfovente
Lexus Area Council
Boys’ Clubs of America
Everet McCullough
Wichita Falls
B.A. Singleton
San Antonio
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