Campaign Chest aims to reach $345,439 goal at gala
In a packed Gunter hotel ballroom Tuesday noon, Community Chest leaders led a brisk drive update. Chair Theo F Weiss and divisional generals reported $292,768.20 raised toward the $345,439 goal for 30 member agencies over 13 months, with $50,000 left and 22,197 subscribers, as volunteers vow to push to target and recruit 90,000 supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Chest
West
Gunter Hotel
Theo F. Weiss
Chest
Ie Volunteer Army
Wells
ANG Wotieh
Gunter
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad: Morning Bile Boost
An old fashioned herb based remedy claims to wake the liver without calomel and spark morning energy. It emphasizes bile flow, relief of dull gritty feelings, and a shift to feeling “up and up” after taking Carter's Little Liver Pills, priced 10 and 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Japan War From Sea to 5000 Miles Away Explains Costs
The author argues a distant war against Japan would force huge landings in Japan or China. He notes the cost of repelling raids on Seattle Portland San Francisco and Los Angeles and the long, costly campaign to conquer Japan. He criticizes Allied leaders for risking American resources in an Asiatic war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Japan
China
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Kublai Khan
Knox
America
General Waten
Westerday
Dcto
Ber
Adilehe
Albuquerque
Alpine Az
Apalachicola Avlanio
Toudry
Austin
Kinaingham
Nauky
Hes Apt
Shicuen
St Corpus Chelsti
Halo
del Ti
Everenet
Denver
Bursy
Bes Moines
Datenir
Ralhan
Enonel
Pueblo
San ‘Sini
Texas
Six Policemen Miss Prowlers In San Antonio case
Six patrolmen searched for prowlers at two San Antonio homes early Wednesday but failed to locate them. At about 3:35 a.m. Mrs. O. D. Helmes, 429 Hays Street, reported a prowler. six officers could not locate him. Earlier, at 2 a.m., 10 patrolmen went to Jo Anne Sirela’s home, 604 Rutz Street, but the prowler escaped by leaping a fence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Rabie
O. D. Helmes
Hays Street
Jo Anne Sirela
Rutz Street
Winner Is Loser As Torpedo Hits
MIAMI, Fla, Oct. 29. The torpedo that sank the linker J. G. White recently also broke up a Poker game and deprived Chef J. B. Lowry of his winnings. I don’t remember now what I was holding when the craft came, but I was winging and had fairly cleaned out the petty officers’ ward team. We were all thrown about by the concussion, and I left for money about $160 right there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
J. G. White
J. B. Lowry
Benes' Property Taken
In Erlin on October 23 the Ger ini secret police announced they had confiscated a property of Eduard Hewets from Czechoslovakia before its dismantlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benes
Erlin
Gerini Secret Police
Eduard Hewets
Pir Jennt Ai Iment
Grechoslovakia
Weather report fragment with mixed data and timing
Fragmentary weather summary lists wind directions and speeds, temperatures, precipitation, and astronomical data. Includes hourly readings, precipitation totals, and sunrise sunset times with unclear locality and date.
Hospital Lecturer Promotes Health in Defense Program
Dr M Mi Minter of the Santa Rosa hospital spoke on health in national defense before an assembly of students at Incarnate Word College on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Mi. Minter
Santa Osa Hospital
Incatenate Word College
FDR Warns of Nazi Plot to Divide Latin America
President Roosevelt said he has ample proof of a Nazi scheme to partition South and Central America into five vassal states under a new world order. He will not publish the maps or documents now, fearing endangering lives and sources. He noted Germany’s claims that he torpedoed the Kearny and said the documents came from a reliable source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Nazi Germany
South
Central America
Germany
Hitler
Flva
Marie Coulin
Joseph’s Parish
South America
Schnetzer
Berlin
Alse
Kearny
War Roundup Reports German Breakthroughs and Soviet Counter Moves
War Roundup recounts German advances toward Sevastopol and Rostov while Red Army engineers lay death traps and prepare to abandon Rostov. Russians admit a new threat near Volokolamsk but claim German losses render the capital safe. Four villages northwest of Moscow are retaken. Berlin claims German U boats sink 14 merchant ships and a British destroyer. British raids hit German airfields. London notes slight damage from southwest England attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crimea
Russia
Sevastopol
Red Army
Rostov-on-Don
Volokolamsk
Moscow
Berlin
Gibralter
England
France
London
Railway Mail Unit to hear Wright report
Melvin Wright president of the Railway Mail association eleventh division will report on the national convention held in St Louis Minn at a meeting in the Federal building Friday Wright was the San Antonio delegate to the convention
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Wright
the Railway Mail Association
St. Loul
Minn
Federal Building
Wright
San Antonio
Alamo relics presented by Maverick at Texas library
San Antonio philanthropist Bam Maverick donated Alamo relics to the University of Texas Library. The collection includes a two foot cannon recast engraved Remember the Alamo dated 1062, a bell from the same bell foundry now at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, and Davy Crockett’s authentic slogan signed by him. Also included is a manuscript memory book from Yale written and signed by Maverick’s classmate with verses from 1825.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wid
Albert Maverick
San Antonio
University of “Texas
Alamo
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Davy Crockett
Bam Maverick
Yale College
War 25 Years Ago Today Chronicle
Summary of wartime notices dated October 24 1516 noting Romanian and Russian actions across Transylvania Volhynia and the Blokhod river with British lines near Tyansloy. Mentions U S Secretary Stimson recording first death number 468 and a peacetime army shortage. Also references raids on industrial plants in England and Midlands and a call to raise money for winter needs via Light Want Ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiatlana
Stimson
Washington
England
Midlands
Nine Army Post Structures Finished at Fort Sam Houston
Nine Army post structures in the emergency project at Fort Sam Houston were completed on schedule by W. J. Aldrich, a San Antonio contractor, and turned over to post authorities on Wednesday. The complex includes motor repair shops, grease racks, storage houses, and a pump house, costing $135,024. Capt. Melvin D. Cohen, for Maj. G. Hazeltine, turned the buildings over to Maj. L. Marshall, on behalf of the post commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Fork Sam Houston
W. J. Aldrich
San Antonio
Melvin D. Cohen
G. BR. Hazeltine
Quartermaster
Post War Plans Talked by Labor Leaders
A British official told an international labor conference that Britain's postwar plans must fit a world postwar framework. Clement Attlee, deputy prime minister, said the fight is for civilization and the future, and Britain will not only win the war but build lasting peace. Maj. Gustav Krueger of San Antonio, on active duty at Fort Sam Houston, has orders to continue duty another year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phurumer
Houston
Duilee
Gan Antonio
Chest
Maheget
W. D. Towner
Helen and
Mat
Zack Bauler
New York
Internations ‘Labor Organization Conference
Britain
Clement B. Atlee
Jord
Gustav Robert Krueger
San Antonio
Fort San Houston
Hiss
Browne Cleared of Co-defendant in Labor Racketeering Case
Immigrant labor leader Mam Hinff testified that George E. Browne had no knowledge of Bloss collecting over a million dollars from movie executives. Browne and another labor leader face federal charges for extorting about 5500000 from the film industry through threats of strikes. The trial features cross-examination over a large cash fund tied to Loew's Nicholas Schenck and Twentieth Century Fox executives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ponly
In the News
Chee
Morris Plan Bank
Fanti
Menier Federal
Turaba
Blumler BP
Wisddnebay
Jon
Anites
Dour
Wurnidi
al . A. Om
Aranses
FDR
Maverick Gift
Penees
Vente
Siste Reet
Het E Teers
Kerwick
Houston St
Main Ave
Stowers
Browne
Jaro Guilck
Sulerere
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!