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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1940

Page

7

Purge hits San Antonio Park Department personnel

Major reorganization cuts 48 pool employees and moves maintenance under the park superintendent. New posts include a maintenance superintendent with broad authority over park properties, while several former officials are reassigned or dismissed. Budget constraints trigger shifts in duties from street cleaning to cemetery upkeep and a shift to centralized control under Mayor Maverick’s administrative plan.

Aigo Jacob Rublass Hein Jan Louis le Laurin LeLaurin Tte Magruder Exposition Park Felix Bontemalaon Sommigsiense Paul Dobrowolski Gaynor Asong Darke Utilities Brackenridge Park Waa H. Feike Henry Williams Williams Makita Hahn W. W. Wunsterlich

City hall purge targets park staff and maintenance

City officials order a purge of park division personnel including dismissals of H.W. Snyder and others while appointing a winter part time schedule for gardeners. New maintenance chief Dobrowolski to oversee operations. Several employees cited for retrenchment and debts under the Rubiole influence.

Hoin H.W. Snyder Harry Bush Charles Lothridge Domine Sastamozi Arle Dor Mangue Rupjolu Tomay

Wire Patrol Reports Milkanan Job And Political Letters

The document recounts Milkanan wire patrol duties with Roger Cook and a sighting of a downed wire on Drexel avenue. It covers a Fibre Service dispatch, department head memos, and Vic Schulte’s letters urging resident moves and cautioning against political misuse of employee mail. The text refers to Commissioner Hein and potential political appointments in May city elections.

Wertettl Heln Bertelli Lipscomb L. D. Auckahe Cnntadian Olmoux Park Dam Sexton Jules Pontaine Astoilan Fontaine AMD Roger Cook Knuviton Cook Drexel Avenue Noe Tepalrinay Vic Sciults Wiiter Hein Aaner Henry Boas Hein Schults Schulte Pork Department Bobwire Ameloyes George Sarren Wurphd Dale Amon Abels Mippon

How One Woman Lost 26 Lbs of Fat

A vintage diet ad promises rapid weight loss with Kruschen Salts. It urges taking half a teaspoon in water each morning, reducing pastry and fatty foods, and weighing after 80 days to prove safer, easier fat loss. The copy touts two forms, a bubbling and a plain bottle, sold by leading druggists nationwide with a money back guarantee.

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