Alamo Heights Traffic Crackdown Draws City Court Notice
U S Navy guns take over protection of lend lease cargoes and Alamo Heights officers launch a traffic drive. Court records show 0t of 0 tickets issued at Broadway and College, speeders fined 11 for 1 mph over and 2 for failing to stop. Officers add a fourth patrolman, Hummett Smith, as they observe stop sign compliance and uphold a pledge not to fix tickets.
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U.S. Navy
Santo Antonio
Alamo Height
Corporation Court
An Antonio
Charles Dake
Alamo Heights
MNO
Paul Villaret
Villaret
Re Porto
Hmmett Smith
Vormerts
Vormerts With ex-Hexar County. 3Sheriff Wi Ww W. Wood
Smith
Heights
Siaces
F. J. Gallaway
College and Park
Broadway
Broadway Temple
Alsio Heights
Peter the Great and the Westernized Tsarist Vision
A fragmented reminiscence recounts Peter the Great’s relentless drive to build a Russian navy, battle Turks, and modernize the state. It details his harsh discipline, the 1300 vessels built, and his invasion plans at Azov. The piece notes torture of dissenters, executions at Red Square, and his push toward Western enlightenment against resistance from rivals and reformers.
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Azov
Peter
Poland
Austria
Germany
Venice
Ihuaph
Moscow
Hum‘nly
Russias
Europe
Panter
Royal
Fuiards
Firat
Sophia
Hos
Tsikler
van Milos
Lavsky
Pater
Sophie
Miloslavsky
Ivan the Tersible
War 25 Years Ago Today Headlines Mixed From Frontlines
The report recalls World War I era actions from ground advances north of the Somme with prisoners taken, Ostman and Russian front checks, Italian countermoves against Austria, and Nazi bombing of London for a tenth straight night. It also notes U S selective service signing and local theft at the Laxe tavern, Cincinnati avenue.
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Getnahs
Somme
Kovel-Lemberg
Burke-Wadsworth Selective Service
Froosevelt
Dsart
London
R.A. F
Netherlands
Belgian
Prench
Warships Hunt Raiders in Atlantic Realign Naval Policy
The United States Atlantic Fleet to protect merchant ships between North America and Iceland. Axis raiders to be hunted as a new naval policy under Knox with ships authorized to capture or destroy. Roosevelt neutrality ruling clears U S ammunitions flow to many British colonies except select combat zones. Navy reports rapid construction of two-ocean fleet with 2838 combat vessels in progress.
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United States
Atlantic
Taok
North American
Iceland
Knox
Biddle
State Department
Roosevelt
British Empire
United Kingdom
India
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
Senate
Meet
Americaas Legion
Milwaukee
Teeland
British
Canadian
Britalet
Davy
Ian Had
North Carollna
Batte
South Dakota
Massachusetts
Quincy
Mass
Navy
DEFENCE LIFT SUBURBAN SCHOOLS IN SAN ANTONIO AREA
Defense workers and growing population push enrollments up across San Antonio area schools. Independent School District reports 37 373 pupils, with 7006 high school, 2017 junior high, and 21450 elementary students. Alamo Heights Los Angeles Heights and South San Antonio show notable gains, while parochial schools remain stable or rise modestly.
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Alamo Heights
Los Angeles Heights
South San Antonio
James Ty Shea
Independent School
Ulty
Heights
GATN
Edison High School
Central Catholic High School
piKcials
Jesa, Sacrament Academy
St Mary's Hall
Harlandele
Tnroibarnk
Prisoner Given Concurrent Five Year Theft Sentences
A 47-year-old man told Judge W W McCrory he had spent half his life in prison. He received two concurrent five year terms for thefts on July 21 and July 27 involving a $75 suit and a $200 mulemobile. He faced burglary charges that were dismissed.
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Peter
Pater
Austin
Ivan
Abraham
Trotsky
Sepia
Th Ne Cear
Russias
Roosevelt
W. W. McCrory
Criminal District Court
Katherine Holmes
Nixon
Frank Qaborn
McAllen
Rial Date Set on Rape Charges
Joe Caron Milley and Andrew J. Northcut, indicted for raping a 16 year old Brackenridge High student, will be tried in Criminal District Court on October 14, announced Tuesday by Judge W. W. McCrory.
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Joe Caron Milley
Andrew J. Northcut
Criminal District Court
W. W. McCrory
Bren
Brackenridge High School
Aged Bulverde Pioneer Herman Pieper Dies
Herman Pieper, 74, longtime Bulverde settler and member of the Hermann Bong lodge, died Monday. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Rebe Funeral Home with Rev. W. A. Ruiderhaar officiating. Survived by widow Mrs Helano Pleper, daughters Mis Aulda Pleper of Bulverde and Mrs Edward Wesenberg of San Antonio, mother Mrs Lena Tex of Boones, and a granddaughter. Burial in San Jose Cemetery.
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Herman Pieper
Bulverde
Hermann Bong Jodge
Rlebe Funeral
W. A. Ruiderhaar
Burvivora
Helano Pleper
Mise Aulda Pleper
Mra
Edward Wesenberg
San Antonio
Lena Tex
Boones
San Jose
Ceme Wry
Navy expands shipbuilding facilities and growth progress
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate an order in January 1940 allocating large sums for expansion of private shipbuilding facilities and naval construction. The passage references overall progress figures with numbers on ships, commissions, and related activity, though the text is garbled and portions unreadable.
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Grogress
Wal
Morly
Venaels
War Roundup From Allied Presses on World Fronts
German reports claim slaughter of 18 Soviet divisions and up to 210,000 troops while Leningrad defenses crumble. Russians announce a gigantic tank battle near Leningrad. Nazis say German troops cross the Dnieper as fighting broadens in Ukraine. Soviets report seven German troop transports sunk. London cites 506,000 German troops moved from the channel coast to Russia. Italian papers foresee war with the United States as U S naval forces prepare to deter axis raiders toward Iceland. German reprisals intensify in occupied Europe with executions in France and a state of siege in Norway. Argentine congress demands expulsion of Nazi agents amid firebombing raids on German and allied targets in Hamburg and other cities.
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Dnieper River
Ukraine
London
Channel
Russia
United States
U.S. Atlantic
Iceland
Washington
U. S
Germany
France
Elgil
Norway
R.A. FB
Hamburg
Bremen
Cux
Haven
Wilhelmsttagen
le Havre
Police Auction Recovers Odd Lot From Seized Goods Sale
A Tuesday morning auction by the San Antonio police department offered items seized or recovered, including 10 left shoes for 3.50, three pairs of crutches at 50 cents, two golf sticks, 15 cameras, and a wheelless lawn mower. Bids produced odd results and the total estimated value reached about 350 dollars.
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Sdn
Artonio ‘Police Department
J.B. Bacon
Td Pytel
Aubrey Hopkins
Ney
Alice Uone
Bacon
Social Workers of 8 A to Meet in San Antonio Section
The San Antonio section of the South Texan chapter of the American Association of Social Workers will meet Tuesday at 5 p.m. at 515 North Pecos Street. B. T. Swander, director of the Corpus Christi Community Chest and chapter delegate to the AASW convention in Philadelphia last May, will speak. Officers will be elected.
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San Antonio
American Association of Social Workers
P.m
Ineernational Felitate
North Pecos Street
B. T. Swander
Corpus Christi
Chest J
Philadelphia
Olfienys
Garcia to Address Zonta Luncheon at St Anthony
City attorney Gus Garcia will speak at the Zonta Club Constitution Day luncheon held at St Anthony. Mrs Tekla Brallel will lead group singing and Miss Eiizabeth Boerner will serve as chairman. Heay missing persons note dated September 25 adds unclear context.
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