Jefferson Mustangs to Meet San Antonio Optimist Club
The Jefferson Mustangs Optimists and the Jefferson Mustang baseball team, grand champions of the Khothote leagues this summer, will be presented to the San Antonio Optimist club at its regular meeting Wednesday at the Gunter hotel. The club sponsored the leagues. Following the meeting Corpus Christi Optimists headed by district Governor Harry Stuth will meet with local district officers for plans for a district gathering in the near future.
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Jefferson Mustangs
Jefferson Mustang
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
Corpus Christi Optimists
Istrict
Harry Stuth
Texas judge blocks seizure of amusement devices
Judge John F. Onion granted a temporary injunction in the Fifty-seventh District Court restraining the Texas Department of Public Safety from seizing damaging or destroying amusement devices with internal payoff mechanisms. The suit claims department raids destroyed over 10,000 in devices and involved seizures in Nueces Travis Karnes Canron Hidalgo Wet and Jim Wells counties. David M. Stiles represents the amusement company.
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Winge
John F. Onion
United Amusement Company
State Department of Public Safety
Onion
Everett ¥. Johnson
Homer D. Garrison
Department
Department of Public Safety
State of Texas
Ud Company
State Department
Nueces County
Nueces
Travis
Karnes
Canron
Hidalgo
Wet
Jim Wells
Bexar County
David M. Stiles
School Board to Discuss 1939 40 Plan at San Antonio Meeting
The San Antonio school district plans a 4 p.m. meeting to map the organization plan for 1939 40. Dr. James P Hollers, the president, will announce the plan along with routine business, leaves of absence, and supply purchases for the new term at the semi monthly session.
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San Antonio
Democratic Women Luncheon Observes Day With Speakers
Democratic Women hosts a September 26 luncheon at the Plaga hotel ballroom at noon with Aline Guy Democratic club organizers. Consul General Omar dosere and Jerry Sadler will discuss Democracy, joined by Mayor Maury Maverick and Senator J Franklin Spears as attendees per Miss Sarah Borschow.
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Aline Guy
Demcratic Club
Plaga
Omar Dosere
Jerry Sadler
Hiiroag Commission
Maury Maverick
J. Franklin Spears
Sarah Borschow
Thomas F. McAllister
Democratic National Committee
Frances Haskell Edmonson
San Antonio Personal Loan Firms Warned on New License Rule
Only 22 licenses were granted to personal loan establishments in San Antonio as city officials warned noncompliance with a new ordinance. The rule imposes a 50 dollar annual tax and a 200 dollar per day fine after the September deadline for firms to apply, disclose financial condition, and obtain the city license. John T. Wood, chief deputy clerk, said the deadline was set.
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San Antonio
Assassor
John T. Wood
Poland's retreat stretches across towns turned to ruins
A war correspondent describes Western Poland as German lines advance from Kelno to Lodz, with Polish towns bombed or burned, trenches scarce, and refugees flooding roads. He notes isolated street fighting, mass destruction, and a German occupation presence in Lodz as the Polish retreat continues.
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Thrat
Bergman High Command
Warsaw
Poland
France
Kelno
Silesia
Lieruszow
Pompeii
Shipers
Europe
Sieradz
Ladz
Lask
Lodz
Johannes Blaskowits
City detective unit reshuffled with broad new duties announced
Chief Ray Ashworth unveiled sweeping changes affecting nearly all officers in the city detective division. New rules regulate dispatch operations, radio patrol activity, and officer conduct, with preliminary investigations to be radio-scouted before detectives take over. Several assignments and schedules were reorganized, designating specific crime types to detectives and introducing tighter call procedures and accountability.
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Pa- Nive
Ray Ashworth
Walle of Police
Ashworth
Temple Calhoun
Corporation Court
Lift Raméchissel
Lst
San Antonio
Albert Hartman
8. B. Cantu
William Carver
R. R. Lowe
Frank Brice
A. J. Hice
C. C. Haynie
Joe Rubnke
Welton Cockrell
A. W. Herbst
Johnny Itigens
T. Poston
We P. Swift
Frank Moore
Joe Lara
el Dresch
D. EB. Bumbyey
Lh. Bracken
City approves $50 for damages from dump smoke
The city council voted $50 to pay damages awarded to A. O. Blake by Justice Raymond Gerhardt after smoke from a garbage dump on Cantrayville Road damaged his Cantrayville residence. The dump had burned for some time. The council also approved $6.65 for court costs.
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Ine
A. O. Blake
Meelly
Justice of the Peace Court
Blake
Raymond Gerhardt
Cantrayille Road
Sane Road
Alan
Fusnce Court
Fugitive Joins French Army
Jeane Pouille, a fugitive from the Devil's Island penal colony, appeared in Aibus France to enlist in the French army. He had fled via Belgium after escaping through Brazil and French Guiana twelve years ago.
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Aibus
France
Jeane Pouille
Devil's Island
Belgium
Brazil
E. E. McQuillen to Address A and M Club Meeting
E. E. McQuillen executive secretary of Former Stunts Association of A and M College will speak at a 1 p m Tuesday A and M club meeting at Champ Brewery announced by president J B Martin Mexican dinner to be served.
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E. E. McQuillen
Ers KE. McQuillen
Stunts’ Association of A. and M. College
A. and M
Two Connicts Slain in Dash from Prison Ward
Huntsville dispatch reports three convicts killed and two captured during an escape from Wynne state prison tuberculosis ward. A guard found Moody 64 years old near the fence with two dead inmates nearby, including Ben Gonzales. Pedro Lopez was captured, Moody and Gonzales were serving robbery sentences from Victoria, De Witt, and Harris counties respectively.
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Huntsville
Wynne State Prison
Norwood Modidy
Spartanburg
N.C
Ben Gonzales
Houston
Pedro Lopez
Moody
Victoria
Dewitt
Gonzales
Harris County
Berg
Steam Roller Narrowly Stops Kids in Kanocked Duries
Reel of a near tragedy unfolds as Rever Coburn Ruth Mullis and others witness a steam roller halted inches from two children tangled in its path. Operator Walter Bowles shifted into reverse just in time, saving them after a dog drew the youngsters toward the moving machine.
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Wy Coburn
Ruth ‘Mullis
Ubank
Walter Bowles
Don's Pills Promised Relief for Kidney Ailments
An old style advertisement claims kidney and bladder issues are caused by toxins and offer Don's Pills as a long standing remedy. It asserts that kidneys remove acids and wastes, listing symptoms like backache swelling and frequent urination, urging readers to consult their doctor and try the product.
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Déan Tis
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