Roosevelt Labor Day address cites New Deal gains
President Roosevelt, in a Labor Day message, notes more than 9 million non agricultural jobs since 1933, plus 2 million WPA and NYA participants. He claims farmers received over three billion dollars in cash income last year and industrial profits rose sharply in the first half of 1940. He stresses a common purpose among labor, farmers, and government to sustain national defense and progressive social gains.
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N.Y
Roosevelt
WPA Occ
NYA
Tully
WPA
OCO
GhoWn
Teelewegory Seaumsucny
Saga of Perils on Yellow Bus
An archival piece by John Whittier describes dangers and social observations around yellow buses in San Antonio. It blends bus rider anecdotes with economic notes on employment, wages, and public policy, presenting a satirical yet critical view of daily transit and civic life. The text references bus rides, driver behavior, and broader Depression-era economic context.
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John Whittier
San Antonio
Cpattiea
Kelly Field
Reputadie
Ft Ibert
Building program tops billion in Georgia anew
A residential building program in Georgia exceeded one billion dollars for the first time since 1930, with growth broadening across the state. Except for narrow coastal borders, Greenland remains entirely covered by a vast ice cap.
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Buiding
Inga
Greenland
Hoover Heads Bridges Case
J Edgar Hoover heads an FBI inquiry to decide if CIO leader Harry Bridges should be sent back to his native Australia as a subversive alien. Hoover emphasized the investigation would not target West Coast CIO unions under Bridges jurisdiction.
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San Francisco
CINSI
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tadey
Harry Aritigest
Nabor
Shold
Bis
Australia
Hoover
PRI
Tony
Toll of Pipeline Explosion Seven
A pipeline disaster in Oklahoma saw seven deaths, with Allen Hiltachk, 23, among the latest victims to succumb in hospital. Officials report the toll was expected to rise as survivors are treated and investigators search for the cause.
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Allen Hiltachk
Butfeto
nTletanm
Alazan housing project advances rest of units planned
The Alazan housing project shows 186 completed units with 746 still under construction from foundations to finishing. Ray Mackay says tenants may move into the finished units in October as landscaping and scaffolding are completed. Shrubbery was relocated from the Vittoria courts site, and enough applications exist to fill eight full houses. Final completion and occupancy are anticipated by March.
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West Side
Alnan
Founda|ions
Ray Mackay
Housing Authority
Vittoria Courts
South Side
H Markey
Alea
Merch
Texas Cavalcade Coast Showing Set
Karl Hublitzele and Col Paul Wakeffeld of the Texas world’s fair commission arrived in San Francisco to arrange a Texas exhibit titled A Cavalcade of Texas for the Golden Gate Exposition. They reported plans to stage the film under the Texas Society of California sponsorship, with Wakefield traveling from New York where the picture is showing at the Gate theater in the Science and Education Building.
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Commission
Paul L. Wakeffeld
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Gate
750 Mile Mercy Flight Aids Milwaukee Man
Milwaukee advertising man Proderic El Bager Jr, 35, was recovering after a 750 mile mercy flight from Canada to Milwaukee. Lieutenant Harned of the U S Coast Guard flew from Traverse City to Little Current Ontario and back, marking one of the longest Great Lakes rescue flights.
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Roosevelt Cables Birthday Greetings to Queen Wilhelmina
President Roosevelt sent a birthday cable to Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands in London praising her and her people for enduring their trials. He conveyed warm congratulations on the anniversary of her birth and extended goodwill from the United States.
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Wilhelmina
Netherlands
London
Roosevelt
Heights Willkie Club Meeting Set
Members of the Alana Heights Willkie for President club will meet Monday at the home of Monte Barrell, 280 Tuxedo Drive. B.A. Chord is to chair the meeting and lead the discussion on campaign plans.
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Alana Heights
Willkie
San Antonio House Numbers Keep City In Line
City housing numbers department manages six map books to assign and adjust house numbers across the winding streets. Over 50,000 numerals exist with frequent changes after builds or block shifts. Utilities, mail carriers, and insurers rely on the system, though residents sometimes misuse or dispute figures.
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San Antolans
Murray
Sam
Utlity
City House
Aystemati
Smith Street
Auplex Oyuit
Bane
San Aclanto
Ty Numbers Department
Placin
Aritonio
Bpanisti Lmanner
San Antonio
Map Company
Car Crash Sends Two Women to Hospital in Austin
Two women were hospitalized after a collision between a car driven by Bonnie Smith and a Public Service bus on Woodlawn and Fredericksburg Road. Bonnie Smith, 7, suffered cuts to the lower lip and left knee, while her mother Iona Taylor, 40, of Austin, had facial and neck cuts. Smith, a stenographer, was listed as the car driver. Radio Patrolman Floyd Arrowood identified bus driver H A Marman, 1621 North Flores Street.
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Auta
Woodlawst Avenue
Fredericksburg Road
Bonnie Smith
Hot Wells Boulevard
Iona Taylor
Austin
Mins Smith
Uhr Wpa Sewing Room
Lsted
Floyd Arrowood
H. A. Mar
North Flores Street
Waco Minister to Lead Revival Services
Waco pastor W. W. Mellon of Seventh Avenue James Street Baptist chairs revival efforts in Waco at Harryndale Baptist Church. Services begin Sunday morning at 10 45 and continue weekly with morning and evening sessions through the period.
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W. W. Mellon
Seventh Aid James Street Baptist
Waco
Harryndale
This Thief Gets to Button of Things
In Chicago on August 31 a thief entered a regulated apartment building without breaking any locks. He moved tables chairs and other furnishings aside without disturbing 29 filers and left with a 12 by 12 inch ankle-deep rug from the doorway area, surprising the manager who woke to the scene.
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Chicago
Teboy
Wife's Train Leap Listed as Death by Own Action
Redlands California coroner's jury ruled that Mrs. Vor Hermann did the act to end her life aboard a passenger train near Redlands after leaving Los Angeles. The body was found near the Talmac Right Of Way as friends and relatives recall her alleged motive.
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Galif
Alice John
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