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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1941
Page
4
LFF and MARY LATED announce a major spring storewide sale at the Wolf Pond Marx company. The organization is prepared to serve customers in full capacity with a large assortment of good values secured from leading resources of the country this year.
Norman G Netter president of the Wolff and Marx store says every department participates in Texas Day with months of planning. Special committee checks quality before advertising. Ongoing price curtailments by manufacturers push wholesale increases, making Texas Day savings vital. Mary Hig notes credit options and budget plans, with extended hours Friday and Saturday drawing hundreds from Southwest Texas.
Wartrace Tennessee volunteers answered a late night alarm as a large storage garage housing firefighting equipment burned. Neighbors helped as flames spread toward adjacent buildings, with Wartrace's truck and equipment in danger before aid arrived from nearby towns.
Austin April 17. Representative P L Anderson of San Antonio won approval from the house appropriations committee for 290000 in facilities needs for the San Antonio State hospital. Plans include a 100000 chapel and treatment hall, 80000 to enlarge the tuberculosis wing, 2000 dormitory repairs, and 100050 for main ward repairs. The package, part of the eleemosynary appropriation, awaits final consent by both houses and the governor.
AUSTIN April 17 The Texas House voted 305 to 27 to keep poll taxes and not calendar bills to abolish the tax or substitute free registration. A 7 to 48 vote kept a separate measure allowing free participation in primaries while retaining payments for general elections.
In Austin on April 17 a sub-committee report on a tax bill proposed 23.661 million in revenue with few changes from a 25 million house plan. The measure cuts the oil tax and gas tax, tweaks the liquor tax, broadens the sales tax base, adds new levies on cosmetics radios and carbon black, and aims for substantial income while pledging to be the final tax bill of the era. Senator Weaver Moore led the rewrite over ten days and nine nights.
Services held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Travis Park Methodist Church for James D. Cage of San Antonio, a retired rancher. He died Tuesday morning in a local hospital. Survivors include widow Jimmie Cage, sons Richard and Soh Cage, daughters Lillian Glenn Cage Winslip and Virginia Cage, siblings J Frank Cage Tom Cage Taylor Cage Marvin Cage Castleton Cage and others. Active pallbearers were W C Herpel Milton Freeland P A Prescott Gatland Lassater Lee Lythoar and G A Lorance. Honorary pallbearers include Dolph Brincor Hal Mangum Frank Mel Gill Ed Mueller Jim West and many more.
In Abilene on April 17 the Forty-fifth Division moved from Camp Barkeley to establish a front line 13 miles west of the camp. By daybreak they faced a combat unit from the 38th Infantry of the Second Division near Barst Antonio. Maneuvers will continue through Friday as about 10,000 infantry and support troops moved in over 2,000 motor vehicles.
Five pedestrians suffered minor injuries in separate Wednesday night crashes. Victims include Roy Martinez 20 and Lewis Rodriguez 18 struck at San Jacinto and Martin streets. Kee Mugueréga 1112 West Commerce struck on Gold Flores street. Fred Maztica 17 and Manuel Garcia 20 injured on Ruiz and Kendricks streets. Each was treated at Robert B. Green Hospital. Police listed several drivers including Alfonso Garena 126 North Frio street Jack Hancock 505 Sixth street and Frederica Oliveda 1318 Arbor Place.
WOLHEBOROG April 1 Dr Nathaniel H Scott once given a year to live as a child with tuberculosis survived to age 90. He and Mrs Scott marked their sixty second wedding anniversary and observed the milestone together.
A Burbank High School float will depict Robin Hood with Gary Buckholat as Robin Hood Melba Bradshaw as Maid Marion Ray Bell as Prince John and others in the Battle of Flowers parade on April 24. Edwin Dennis Bruce Carter and a herald lead the cast with Tongue as Bir Guy.
A bill to legalize pari mutuel wagering on horse racing was sent back to the committee after a 12 to 82 vote against. The measure, tied to potential state revenue of 2.5 to 4.06 million dollars, faced strong opposition and earlier support from the fairs group.
Anne Gwynne a San Antonio contributor to Hollywood will attend the Deanna Durbin Vaughan Paul wedding at Beverly Ufilly Mellredigt church on Friday. A former Brackenridge High School student Mink Gwynne will be remembered in San Antonio as Marguarite Gwynne Frice, with Danles Gwynne, former director of the San Antonio Little Theater, entertaining the bride and bridesmaids at a party Thursday night.
A garbled ad style text promotes a product called Dodns recall offering relief from backache and kidney related pain. It mentions claimed faster recovery, improved comfort, and general health benefits, though the wording is unclear and difficult to verify.
At least sixteen members of the San Antonio Sates Managers club depart to attend the eleventh annual conference of Southwestern Sales Managers in Shreveport. John Bounds notes banners sombrero badges and copper plated cow bells will be used in campaign promotions for San Antonio by 1942. 24 civic leaders plan to send telegrams Friday morning. Attendees include H F OBrien Howell Jones Dewey Strauch L S Wharton Harry L Roper Mat M Bird G J Ranselhen Otto Ranselhen Dremgoole L L Hunter Dempsey Berryhill A C Sein Jr George Dresch W A Gamble B O Whitehead and Bounds.
An ad fragment promotes Blue Star Ointment for itching and skin conditions including eczema ringworm and pimples. It promises relief after one application, reports two needed to heal, and a money back guarantee if a jar fails to work.
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