Power strike ends after four hours in Kansas City
In Kansas City on September 11 officials ended a four hour power strike that shut hospital operating rooms and stalled streetcars. Police seized six strikers led by Albert F. Wright of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers amid threats of sabotage and heroics as the city’s power grid briefly failed.
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Heansas City
Lrofteynese
Joan B. Gage
Guy
Anderson
Gage
A. E. Heltis
Furts- Wellongs
AFL of L
Uniloi
Utility
Natronal Defense
Washington
Inter-union
Labor Board
United States Court of Appeals
Wright
Lincoln
Neb
4. P. of L. Union
Northeast
Keith
Keith Lsd
Srius
Union Wire Rope Corporation
T He Company
Lake City
Sheffield Steel
Wake Up Your Liver Bile Carter Pills Ad
An old style advertisement promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills to boost bile flow and relieve constipation. It claims the liver releases bile daily and without proper flow one may feel sour and sluggish. The copy urges buying the pills, noting prices of 10 cents and 25 cents.
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Karin
Carter
Defense Notebook by W. W. Chapkin on light tanks and war economy
A defense notebook argues American light tanks are too light for major battles as heavier medium tanks arrive. It praises light tanks for scouting while warning their vulnerability, notes economy measures in powder charges, and profiles economic warfare aide Winfield W. Kiefer. It also discusses naval rations on the North Carolina with move to a cafeteria style system and remarks on sailors’ food waste.
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W. W. Chapkin
Rene Sesvitt
Buffalo Bill
Wallace
Winfield William Kiefer
Ste
U. S
North Carolina
Power strike halts Northeast plant as 47 workers idle
Pickets stood a block from the Northeast plant while non striking workers were escorted in. B J Owen of Local 6412 warned strikebreakers would be treated as scabs. After four hours of darkness, non striking workers powered two turbines restoring electricity for waterworks and many districts. Governor Donnell ordered return to work pending mediation.
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B. J. Owen
A. F. of L. Union
Kansas City Power and Light Company
Indus
Donnell
Jefferson City
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Butt
National Defense Media
Lotr Board
Motions Filed in Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
Seventeen motions were submitted in the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals at its first June session after the October regular term. The court heard filings and set future dates for further action.
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Court of Civil Appeals
Jmne
WR G D Boyle Rites Are Set
Funeral services for Mrs Dorothy Boyle aged 60 of 926 Pleasanton Road will be held Friday at 8 45 a m at the residence, followed by a requiem mass at St Leo s church. Survivors include her husband G J Boyle sons Victor and Chris of San Antonio daughters Agies Frances and Catharine Hoyle and Sister Mary of the Eucharist. Brother Joe Dearesaugh of Newsom interment in San Fernando cemetery No 2.
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Dorothy Boyle
Pleasanton Road
Houston
St Leo's Church
P. J. Crane
G. J. Boyle
Song
Victor
Chris Boyle
San Antonio
Agies
Frances
Catherine Hoyle
Mary
New Orleans
Joe Dearesaugh
Newsom
Texas
San Fernando Cemetery No
Forces at Tobruk Shelled Heavily
Cairo Sept 17 41 British Middle East headquarters reported heavy shelling of forward positions in the Tobruk area as the north African desert war continued at a quicker pace with the end of the seasonal detente Also in the Gondar area of Ethiopia weather conditions enabled renewed British offensive operations as remnants of the Italian army remained besieged since their main forces were captured
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Cairo
Tobruk
Middle East
Gondar
Ethiopie
Boat Operation Pleas Received in San Antonio
Fork Commissioner Henry Hein said two more applications for boat operation on the San Antonio river were received and turned over to the city attorney. The council is considering L E Putton’s application. One new applicant is from San Antonio and the other from out of town.
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Fork
Henry Hein
San Antonio
Ios Romano Plaza Statue Designation Not Alter Naming
Attorney Gus Garcia announced on Wednesday that the designation of the square housing the Father Hidalgo statue in Mexico will not change the name of Romano Plaza. The ceremony Tuesday by Mayor C. H. Quin at Dies y Seis events marked the plaza’s formal naming apart from Romano Plaza.
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Fantatio
Father Hidalgo
Mexico Park
Romano Plaza
Tty
Gus Garcia
Garcia
Daland
C.H. Quin
Romane Plaza
Funeral for Mrs. Catherine M Jonsson Held at St Henrys
Mrs Catherine M Jonsson aged 70 of Pruitt avenue died Tuesday after living 26 years in San Antonio and Rockport. Funeral services set for Thursday at 8 30 a m at the chapel of Zzik-Kearns Towers followed by a 9 a m requiem mass at St Henrys Catholic Church with Rev Inmen Lockwood officiating. Survivors include husband John T Jonsson three children Mrs J P Ahore and Mrs Finnegan and Mrs Mayme Rack of Corpus Christi five brothers Gaffney 0 P and 7 Gatiney 0 Gatiney and M YH Gatiney and burial at San Fernando Cemetery No 3.
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Catherine M. Jonnson
Pruitt Avenue
Rockport
Sean Antonia
Zzik-Kearns Towers
St. Henry's Catholic Church
Inmen I
Lockwood Offtelating
John T. Jonnson
Finnegan
Ban Apionio
Mayme Rack
Mu Corpus Christh
Gaffney
San Antonio
Gatiney
Victoria
Pracpart
M. YH
Houston
San Fernando Cemetery No
Roosevelt backs cartoonist as propaganda debate roils film world
President Roosevelt places the senate inquiry into movie war propaganda in the cartoon category while denying pressure on the film industry to add propaganda. Senator Nye and Senator Clark rebut, expressing surprise at the president's late involvement as the probe continues.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Charlie Chaplin
Nye
Clark
D. Mo
Semaritan
Culbert L. Olson
California
America
Dengue Epidemic Hits Upper Valley Medicine Shows Scrutiny
McAllen reports say dengue fever reached epidemic proportions in parts of the upper Valley with about 300 known cases. Mission first noted cases last week, health officials plan mosquito breeding site destruction to curb spread as the U S Public Health Service aids local authorities.
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Mcallen
Upper Valley
United States Public Health’ Service
Mission
Tt. Harrison
Mother Glad Son Called to Service
A Texas mother writes Maj. Gus Jay R. Krueger at Fort Sam Houston to thank for notifying acceptance of her son Clarence Milley Prewitt. She expresses pride and wishes for his record to remain clear amid homesickness and possible discouragement, hoping for understanding and prompt compliance with military duties.
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Texas
Maj
Gus
Jay R. Krueger
Fort Sam Houston
Mather Prowith Bolton
TV Am
Clarence
Milley Prewitt
Clarence Pecoené
Shery
Ax Murder Told in SWOYERVILLE Pa Hearing
A 48-year-old ex worker in Swoyerville is accused of killing friend Joseph Biakish with an axe. A witness testified seeing the axe raised and hearing the plan to strike. The情 case centers on the suspect’s confession and timeline of events before the slaying.
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Swoyerville
Joseph Biakish
Mitter
Joe
San Saba Writer Honored for Book
San Saba author Laurence Hamrick received honorary membership in the Eugene Field Society of Authors and Journalists. President John Wieorge Hartwig announced the award as Mrs Hamrick published The Gall of the San Saba, a history of the San Saba area.
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San Saba
Eugene Field Society of Authors and Journalists
Laurence Hamrick
John Wieorge- Hartwig
Hamrick
T the Texas Womnn
Preas Associaton
Major LeBaron Returns to Sheppard Field for Duty
Major William F P LeBaron of San Antonio and Havana reports to Sheppard Field Wichita Falls for duty with the Air Corps headquarters squadron. A former insurance man and naptha-field operator in Cuba he attended Kelly Field group school and a coast artillery officers training camp and served in World War I. He is the son of Mrs A M LeBaron of Dearborn Michigan and has two sons Howard and William F LeBaron Jr.
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LeBaron
Sheppard Field
Wiliam FP. LeBaron
San Antonio
Havana
Wichita Falls
Air Corps ‘Technical School
Itembo
Cuba
Kelly Field
Coast Artillery Officers
A. M. LeBaron
Dearborn, Mich
Howard
William F. LeBaron Jr
LaGuardia Wins Republican Nomination For NYC Mayor
New York Mayor aspirant Fiorello LaGuardia defeats John R. Davies the American Labor nominee, with 61 776 to 48 459 as 62 of 4050 districts report. LaGuardia will face Democratic nominee William O Dwyer in November.
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New York
Sept
Metta
P. H. LaGuardia
New York City
John R. Davies
Anthenew Deal
LaGuardin
American Labor Party
LaGuardia
Mérons Tank Moneyer
Brooklyn
William O'Dwyer
O'Dwyer
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