Honor Medal Men Talk Aid for Families of Honorees
Boston sept 3 a band of Medal of Honor recipients at the Veterans of Foreign Wars national encampment discussed a possible resolution to insure freedom from want for families of host awardees both living and posthumous the talks described as preliminary included warnings that such steps could cheapen the award and noted veteran obligations like speaking engagements and welfare causes. The convention also pledged to oppose pacifism as naval and air leaders warned that weakening defenses could invite war.
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Boston
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Air Force
United States
Italy’s Military Limits Approved by Peace Conference
The 21 nation peace conference military commission unanimously approved limits for Italy’s forces. Italy may field an army of 250000 including 65000 carabinieri, a navy of 22500, and an air force of 25000. Fleet restrictions cap carriers and warships, with surplus battleships Cesare Italia and Vittorio Veneto to be transferred to the major powers within three months of treaty signing.
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Italy
Paris
Etrenath
Atorn
Ann
Eshdene
Uciayea
Cesare
Italia
Vitorio Veneto
United States
Russia
Britain
France
Twins Arrive For Fourth Time At Garza Home
Mr and Mrs Rafael Garza on Route 2 welcome their fourth set of twins, Maria na and Maria Lucia, born on Labor Day, joining a large family of 11 children including Gloria, 10, Richard, 9, Rafael Jr and Dolores, 7, Robert, 5, Alfred and Alicia, 3, and Guadalupe and Demetia, 16 months.
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Rafael Garza
Route 2
Mariana
Maria Lucia
Gloria
Richard
Rafael Jr
Dolores
Robert
Alfred
Alicia
Guadalupe
Demettia
Traffic lights to be installed at three intersections
Fire and Police Commissioner P L Anderson announced the installation of traffic lights at St Marys and Fereida streets, St Marys and Marne streets, and Carson street and New Braunfels avenue on Tuesday.
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St. Mary’s
Fereida
St. Mary's
Marne
Carson Street
New Braunfels Avenue
P.L. Anderson
Greek King to Return to Athens After Plea Nays
LOMUN Sept 3 47 King George II of Greece, described as very happy, plans to return to Athens in two or three weeks, ending a second exile since 1924. Returns from a plebiscite show more than two to one in favor of the monarch. Dispatches from Paris say Prime Minister Constantinos Tsaldaris may confer with the king today or tomorrow at the peace conference.
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Lomun
George II
Greece
Athens
George
Paris
Constantine Fsaldaris
Carrier Franklin D Roosevelt sails for Greece from Naples
United States naval task force units led by the aircraft carrier Franklin D Roosevelt departed Naples for Greece in May as part of Mediterranean operations. The move reflects ongoing allied pressure and repositioning in the region with several ships in company.
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Naples
Italy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States Task Force
Mediterranean
Greece
Gum nearly choked soldier saved at Brooke General
Pvt. Bernard Heilan of Fort Sam Houston nearly suffocated after swallowing gum that lodged in his throat. An army ambulance rushed him to Brooke General Hospital where medics removed the gum and saved his life.
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Bernard Heilan
Fort Sam Houston
Heilan
Navarro
Pecan
Brooke General Hospital
60,000 Assess City Property
San Antonio officials reported 60,000 in assessed property values, with totals ranging from 58,000 to 60,000. Deputy tax collector Frank Gallagher noted final day for assessments was Saturday and cited modest protests. He predicted the board of equalization in November would handle a normal caseload.
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San Antonio
Frank Gallagher
Board of Equalization
Anderson Tours County Institutions
County Judge Charles W. Anderson spent Labor Day touring county facilities including the home for the aged tuberculosis colony county farm and homes for boys and girls. He reported conditions “as well as could be expected” given material shortages and noted progress on the nurses’ home at the hospital and sun parlors at the aged home.
Petrillo to Widen Strike Across More Hotels
AFL authorized New York City hotels to keep music on for patrons while James Petrillo moves to extend the strike to 50 hotels in other cities within days. Eight local hotels had agreed to retroactive settlement terms, and Petrillo announced orders to halt ensembles in Hilton-affiliated properties in Chicago.
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New Yok
Sept
New York City
AFL
American Federation of Musicians
James C. Pettrillo
Spal
Richard McCann
Loucal 802
Victoria
George Washington
Elysee
Belvedere
Henry Hudson
Madison
Montague
Dixie
New York
Petrillo
Palmer House
Stevens Hotel
Chicago
Hilton
Pickets clash over Tiptea orchestra at Stockton fair
Eight A F L pickets protested outside the San Joaquin county fair gates over the Tiptea orchestra from Mexico City. Fair officials said the show would go on, with Ed Vollmann vowing gates stay open and operations run near full capacity. The Tipica orchestra has played twice daily since Saturday, despite AFM objections that it displaced local musicians.
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Stockton
Calif
A. F. of L
San Joaquin County
American Federation of Musicians
Mexico City
Tiptea
Ed Vollmann
Grand Island
Tipica Orchestra
AFM
James Petrillo
A. F
S. Pariamutuel
Atom Remedy Fails in Child’s Death at Boston Hospital
In Boston on September 3, a doctor announced the failure of a highly experimental treatment for three-year-old Janice Moschella. The child died at Beth Israel Hospital after receiving radio-activated phosphorus produced by the University of Illinois cyclotron. The patient had suffered liver infection unresponsive to prior therapies. Boston specialist Dr. Saul Hertz sought to destroy tumor cells by interfering with the cells electrolytic system via radiation frost.
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Boston
Janice Moschella
Beth ,Israel Hospital
University of Illinois
Saul Hertz
Worker Ethics Urged by Civil Service Chief
Civil Service Commissioner Arthur S. Flemming urged federal workers to create their own ethics code to preserve public confidence. He said Communists and Klan members cannot be tolerated in federal jobs and stressed that those who support government workers’ right to strike are also unacceptable. He noted spots in government needing either a written or unwritten code and urged career civil servants to act themselves.
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Cleveland
Civil Service
Arthur S. Flemming
Flemming
National Federation of Federal Employes
Vanderbilt to wed Reno heiress in Mexico cattle fortune
Cornelius Vanderbilt II arrived in Reno to wed his fourth bride, Maria Feliza Pablos, a 25 year old heiress from a Mexican cattle fortune. The ceremony marks a high society union amid the era’s social headlines.
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Reno
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Maria Feliza Pablos
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