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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 1944

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Russian Patriarch Challenging Pope as Christ's Vicar

Metropolitan Sergei of Moscow rebuked the Pope’s claim to be Christ’s vicar in an article in a Moscow journal. He argued there is no earthly vicar of Christ, suggesting possible centralized church authority without papal supremacy and warning against concentrating power in one man. Sergei, 76, is leader of the Russian Orthodox Church and took office last September.

Moscow Sergei Patriaich All Russia One Journal of Serge

Kwangtung puppet governor Chen Yao-Tsu killed in Canton

New York report says Chen Yao-Tsu 51, puppet governor of Kwangtung, died Wednesday from gunshot wounds inflicted by alleged Chungking terrorists while passing through Canton. The Jap Cemel agency provided the details.

New York Jap Cemel Chen Yao-Tsu Govrnor Kwangtung Province China Chungking Canton

Gift Eye Restores Sight for Blind Man in New Orleans

Richard Blenvenu, a nearly blind 33 year old broommaker, gained sight through a donated eye from Mrs. E. E. Johnson of Marrero Louisiana. A transplant linked to a live donor enabled the operation here as the surgeon lifted the bandage to reveal restored vision.

Obbedies Richard Blenvenu E. E. Johnson Marrero Bienverin

Courts Plan Faster Easter Egg Hunts Across City

San Antonio Housing Authority acting director Jesse J Newton announced new Easter programs ending at Victoria courts Alagon Apache Tincoln Heights Wheatley Carson and Kelly Homes. Eggs donated by authority executives and prepared by Mrs Inez Anderson and recreation supervisors.

Victoria Courts Alagon-Apache Courts Tincoln Heights Wheatley Courts Carson Homes Kelly Homes Jesse J. Newton San Antonio Housing Authority Inez Anderson Victory Courts

De Gaulle Seeks Clearer Control With Giraud Role Change

Reports from Algiers say Charles De Gaulle plans to appoint himself chief of the armies and strip Gen. Henri Giraud of key powers. Giraud would stay on as a sidelined overseer or liaison to Allied forces, with reduced authority and prestige.

Algiers Charles de Gaulle Henri Giraud Giraud de Gaulle de Gatlin Ihe France Giraut Dwight Eisenhower

Texas Optometrists Meet To Discuss Professional Advancement

Southwest Texas Optometric society held a Friday gathering at the Gunter hotel with 100 delegates expected. Principal speakers included Dr. Jimmie Palmer of Charlotte, N C, head of the AOA economic and professional advancement division, Dr. R L Kennedy of Austin, society president Robert Shipman of San Antonio, and Dr. Jerome Heather of Southbridge, Massachusetts.

Southwest Texas Optometric Society Gunter Hotel Jimmie Palmer Charlotte N. C The American Optometric Associattion R. L. Kennedy Austin Texas Department Robert Shipman San Antonio Jerome Heather Southbridge Mass

Dangerous Plane Defects Said Found in Engines

An army inspector testified that five of the first nine engines in a batch of 100 returned for disassembly showed dangerous defects. The court martial heard the engines were torn down September 6, 1943, after a request from the undersecretary of war, and noted careless assembly and tool damage across all units.

Cincinnati George H. Brett Frank Andrews Wright Aeronautical Corporation Melvin L. Miller AAP Columbus Ohio Hiller Edward F. Cavanagh Defense Jeanne Miller Ruth Dillon Ben A. Perry

Mother of Chaplin Prosecutor Dies in Mississippi

Mrs Mal Belle Carr 73 of Tunica Mississippi mother of U S District Attorney Charles H Carr died from a cerebral hemorrhage days after a jury acquitted Charles Chaplin of federal charges Carr attended from Los Angeles arriving Wednesday brief after the verdict was reached in Memphis terminal news reported the event.

Memphis Tetin Mal Belle Carr Tunica Miss U. S Charles H. Carr Charles Chaplin

Marine Colonel Denies Being Pushover After Cape Gloucester Fight

Washington April 7 Colonel William J Whaling who led the Cape Gloucester airstrip assault describes killing about 300 Japanese in five days but downgrades his own role and praises his men He warns the Jap is not a pushover and notes labor shortages and wartime changes while reflecting on lessons from Guadalcanal Finschhafen and Cape Gloucester

Washington William J. Whaling Cape Gloucester New Britain Island Whaling Guadalcanal Finschhafen Squill Tong Jude Aneel Jubon Whating Amveri- Tievit United States South Pacific

Rat Drive Plans Set Contrived From Page One

A health service collaboration between the city health department and the federal Fish and Wildlife Service outlines a rat control drive. Bacon, based in Houston, has spent the past three months coordinating the effort across municipal districts.

Health Service City Health Department Federal Fish and Wide Life Service Bacon Houston

Reporter Bitten By Rat Near Hotel Room

Richard Spencer, a reporter for The Tight, was treated and released at Robert B. Green hospital after a rat bit his left hand in a hotel room. He awoke around 32 a.m. Friday with blood on several fingers and the thumb, and the rat disappeared when light was switched on.

Richard Spencer M. C East Marilyn Robert B. Green Hospital Spencer The Tight

San Antonio Passes Public Health Measure Modeled on Houston

The San Antonio city council approved a new ordinance Thursday, patterned after Houston's. It is the first public health improvement measure urged by Dr. Robbing since taking the role. The move aims to set up programs in the area west of the Mississippi.

Mississippi San Antonio Houston City Counsell Robbing

Mistaken for Jap Chinese Laborers Drowned in Oregon

A South Pacific veteran, Walter Harold Johnson, pleaded innocent to second degree murder in the death of Tung Quan Woo, 56. Woo was found drowned in an irrigation ditch after two Chinese workers reported a home break in by a man asking for a Jap. Authorities continued investigation in Astoria Oregon.

Astoria Ore Paul Knarney Tung Quan Woo Walter Harold Johnson Sacramento Calif Kearney Woo Washington Office of Price Administration OPA

Four Day New Guinea Trek Featured On Skyline Patrol

Skyline Patrol on WOAI at 1:40 PM Friday will air Liewi Sammy Pierce’s four day jungle trek in New Guinea after a crash landing near Japanese forces. Cpl Jacque Abram and the Hilltop City Orchestra will perform Easter Parade with a symphonic arrangement. The War Department announced WAC uniforms will include khaki tropical worsted for the summer, similar to officer attire.

San Antono Aviation Cadet Centers Skyline Patrol Woai New Guinea Liewi Sammy Pierce Cpl Jacque Abram Hilltop City Orchestra WACS Washington GI Jones War Department WAC

Trace of Bodies In Blast Unlikely

Hastings Nebraska April 7 a naval board reports low likelihood any trace will be found of the bodies of five of eight killed in yesterday’s explosion at the Hastings Naval ammunition depot. The inquiry into the plant’s chemical procedure continues as about 100000 pounds of explosive, mainly mines and depth charges, were triggered.

Hastings Nebr J. M. C. Miller Hastings Naval Ammunition Depot Naval Board of

Cafe Overdrawn At Ration Bank

Chicago April 7. Barneys Market, famed for steaks, suspended by OPA for four to six months due to overdrawn ration bank account by more than 1,000,000 points. Proprietor Barney Kessell blames his book keeper for the deficit and to serve rationed communities.

Chicago Barney’s Market OPA Barney Kessell Barney

Senior Yanks in Troop 44 Meet at Collins Gardens School

Parents of Senior Yanks in Troop 44 will meet at Collins Gardens school at 7 p.m. Wednesday April 8 in Heemmngstall Austin Highway. Louie's band to perform and a tax advisory note accompanies the announcement.

City News Collins Gardens Tier Sint Heemmngstall Austin Hwy Louie

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