Texas Draft Bodies Ready for Registration
Texas gears up for nationwide draft by registering men 21 to 36 at city and county clerks offices. Local boards to be set for each 25,000 population with single draws, medical exams classifying fitness, and presidentially appointed exemptions. Conscientious objectors and appeal counsel will be available as the system goes into action.
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Iegular
Texas
Focal Draft Board
Thorughly
Washington
Antonians
Pome
Nia
Appeal Board
Sen Antonians
Isolated Island Author Dies in Peoria Hotel Room
Fred Echuth, a relation man with ties to Froma and Aus, was found dead in his Peoria hotel room today. Authorities report probable natural causes, with tri alural details not disclosed. The Peoria Star will continue coverage.
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Froma
Aus
Fred. Echuth
Manker
Peoria
Old Seasides Ship 5005 Sea Scouts Practice Day
Members of the Old Seasides Ship 5005 Sea Scouts, recruited from Central Christian Church, practiced on lake island with a scaffold and a projectile carrier. Skipper Jack Tolar, committee chairmen Pire Gapt and A L Rethke assisted as a group of Scouts were transferred to the mainland in a basket after an event.
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Sea Scouts
Pire Gapt
A. L. Rethke J
Jack Tolar
Lake Island
Tbe
Snowsides
Central Christian Church
Mexico Court orders oil expropriation indemnity paid
Mexico City August 1 Judge Ponclany Hernandez Ortega of the First Civil court ruled the Mexican government must pay British and American oil companies 177,624,189.80 pesos about 34 000 to cover expropriated lands. The decree came under Proposition 1988 with no appeal. Government experts valued only surface properties while subsoil deposits were claimed by the Mexican nation.
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Mexico City
Ponclany Hernandez Ortega
Federal District
Lazaro Cardenas
Howeve l
Willkie Endorsements Stir Indiana Campaign Spotlight
In Bushville Indiana Wendell Willkie gains a large but nonpartisan boost from Dwight M Ensery head of the Material Small Business Brew's association who resigns to support Willkie. A statewide poll shows support ranging from 3500 to 00 ballots with 57.8 percent favoring the Republican nominee. Willkie addresses policy while Roosevelt's draft stance fuels debate.
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Bushville
Ind
Wendell Willkie
New Deal
Sickxy
Dwight M. Ensery
Material Small Business Brew’s Association
Willkie
Republian
Bimery
Emery
Roosevelt
House
Ninth Infantry Plans Fort Sam Houston Outing
Members of Fort Sam Houston's Ninth Infantry announce an Organization Day outing on September 3. The program includes company recreating activities softball handball and organized athletics from 3 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Fort Sam Houston
Ninth Infantry
Mahler Alleges Spy Honeymoon Cost $30,000
In New York court documents, Charles H. Mahler a chiropractor accuses his wife Jean Lee Donnelly now aviatrix and daughter of a Scranton family of being followed by British agents during their honeymoon claiming they are spies. He seeks alimony relief and claims British intelligence linked to their travels from Cairo to the globe. Mrs Mahler denies the charges calling the British report dastardly and contemptuous.
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New York
INA
Charles H. Mahler
Jean Lee Donnelly
Scranton
Bome
Maller
Great Britain
Cairo
Washington
Mahler
Mahiers
Eclopis
Altisa
Ayera
Guiting
Seed Shortage Forecast Dims European Crops Supply
San Antonio produce man Octavei Adyset warns war will cut European seed shipments, causing shortages of spinach onion radish carrot cauliflower and cabbage seeds. Imports from Holland diminish, prices rise, and local stores ration stock as US suppliers shift to domestic sources. Seed delivery from Washington and Oregon falls to about half, with notes on local stock and eventual market timing.
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Octavei Adyset
San Antonio
Holland
Avivoet
Srder
Washingen
Oregon
Adyert
Washington
Tax evasion trial涉及 Chicago real estate purchase details
Trial of William Johnson and eight co defendants centers on conspiring to evade about 1.8 million dollars in income taxes for 1936 to 1939. Key witness William Goldstein testified Johnson paid cash for properties including Sunny Acres farm near Glen Ellyn. Government estimates income during the period at 3.4 million, versus 700 thousand reported. Several drug stores in Texas had liquor licenses suspended or canceled after hearings. one employee fined.
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Qhicagh
William RB
Johnson
Chicago
William Goldstein
Goldstein
Bupage
Sunny Acres Farm
Pear Glen Ellyn
Gele~stein
Jotiigan
Intomé
Victor Breokover
Montana Street
Os Summers
Maino Bank
McCollum Burnett
Covr-at-Law
Gus Brown
Quer Control Board
Somtcers
Bronkover
George Cannon
Samuers, Drug Company
Houston Street
Main Avenue
Brooklyn
Avenua
Guiley Street
Alamo Street
South Presa Street
Warwick Boulevard
Heledax Bommers Drug Stores, Inc
Broadway
Main
Avenue
East Locust Street
Grayson Street
Fredericksburg
Brookover
Austin
Bert Ford
Texas Tuuor Control Board
Ford
Hernse
Big Jim Leaves Roosevelt Cabinet in Farewell
Washington dispatch reports James A. Farley resigns as Postmaster General after seven and a half years in the Roosevelt administration. He hints at buying the New York Yankees pending a 60 day deal and says he plans to leave national politics. Farley resigns effective today amid a farewell party and honors from postal employees.
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Washington
Ornile
Big Jim
James AL Marley
Roosevelt
Farley
New York Yankees
Parley
Gillespie County Officals Set for November Ballot
Aug 31 Fredericksburg Gillespie County political scene moves toward November with four county offices and multiple precinct races unsettled after the primary. Incumbents and former officials face challenges, including County Judge Hirsch against Kneese and County Clerk Kleet versus Bouy, plus commissioners and justice precinct contenders. Independent bids emerge, notably against Rep. Bruhn, as party lines blur ahead of filing deadlines.
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Fredericksburg
Teans
Gillespie
Henry Hirsch
AH. Kneese
Albert E. Kleet
Henry Bouy
Abred Klnerner
Charles Schuch
Arthur Stehling
Alex E. Jung
Eugene Kramer
Albert Walter
Reuben Nixon Hins
Joe J. Rogers
Edwin Grona
Alfred MacDougall
Fritz Serbey
Abredericksburg
Adolph Mergen- Hauer
Tyro
Willam Bruns
Leo J. Blanchard
Lawrence Burrer
Fas
William Kasper
Alfred Petsbecky
William Petmecky
Elgin Crenwelge
Felix Plinster
Film Stars Seek Obscurity in License Plates Across Nation
Akron reports show leading film idols prefer obscure plates with long numeric sequences and few letters. The B F Goodrich study notes stars and fans alike push for privacy, often adding extra digits and even street addresses to their cars.
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Akron
Ohio
B. F. Goodrich Company
Hally- Wood
Contractor Tells Payroll Holdup Near Alamo Bank
L. J. Cameron, a San Antonio building contractor, said he was leaving the Alamo National Bank after drawing funds when a tall white man with a pistol forced him to his car. He drove on command of the robber, with a second man following, until miles east of the city, where they robbed him of about $600.
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L. J. Cameron
San Antonio
Community Chest Booklets Show New Fashioned Help
Booklets describe the San Antonio Community Chest as the new fashioned way of doing the old fashioned task of eating and helping neighbors. They will be sold at 14500 San Antonio on Saturday. The booklets recount the activities of the community chest and will be mailed out by San Antonio banks at no cost to the chest.
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Community Chest
San Antonio
San Antonia
San Anonio
Draft Industry Amendment Looms In Congress
Washington peers a broad coalition forms in the House to modify the conscription bill and beat a move to draft industry as well as men. Leaders predict passage by a two to one margin, while debates focus on seizing key industries deemed vital to national defense.
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Washington
INS
Rayburn
Arent
Sims Teo
Council of National Defense
Industry 4
Representative Smith
D.-Conn
Smith
National Defense Net
House
Harris Faculty To Meet At Harris Junior School
Harris Junior School faculty will gather Thursday at 10 am with Merrill Bishop, newly appointed principal, announcing meeting details. Light Want Ads offer classifications from $6 to $101 for contractors and materialmen.
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Harris
Harris Junior School
Merrill Bishop
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