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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1941
Page
2
In a fervent call note William Randolph Hearst urges Colima’s residents to stay and rebuild after a devastating eruption. He compares volcanic fury to human resilience, rights the call for a neighborly response and Christian charity, urging aid for affected families and a communal renewal.
Dr A Johnson of Johnson Rectal and Colon Clinic in Kansas City Missouri touts a mild painless and inexpensive home treatment for uncomplicated piles. He claims years of clinic success and offers to charge nothing unless the user is satisfied. Write for full information at 1824 Main Street Dept 871 Kansas City MO using the coupon.
A jumbled weather and local notices page reports tides at Aransas Parish and coastal conditions with varying highs and lows, moonrise, precipitation totals, and multiple city forecasts. It lists Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit and other cities with temperatures, conditions, and miscellaneous weather notes alongside event references and local calendar items.
Joseph A. Christopherson of the immigration and naturalization service will depart Wednesday for Washington D C for a conference on deportation matters.
AAA administrator O A King of Bexart county says marketing quotas on the 1941 peanut crop will benefit co operators and non co operators alike. He urges growers to approve quotas in the nationwide referendum Saturday asserting the program preserves price stability and may implement a diversion or loan plan. Two thirds of producers must vote yes for quotas to take effect in 1941 1942 and 1933.
James J Murphy Camp Worh United War Veterans invites patriotic and civic groups and the public to a defense rally in the Elks hall Wednesday at 6 PM. Co Howard Landers US retired will deliver the principal address and Chaplain Ollie Matthews of Fort Sam Houston will give the invocation. Music by members of the Galene Smith Auxiliary No 32.
A woman identified as Mrs. Brad Brerns, 58, of 606 Brady Boulevard, reported a minor incident at a downtown restaurant involving a spider. She was treated at Robert B. Green Hospital.
St Mary's airersity junior class presented Romeo at Joliet at San Pedro playhouse in Joliet near San Antonio Texas. The scene highlighted student life with Act II set in Groggy Bottom Night Club. Marlin Dugaet a St Louis junior wrote the play. Rev Brother Leo G Drexler directed it. Richard Carr wrote words and music for six of seven original characters. Miss Foggy Ponder led the feminine role and penned the seventh song lyrics. Cary wrote the words.
St Marys university junior class elected Juntee Ponder of Our Lady of the Lake college queen of the junior prom set for May 8. Freshman princesses Marjorie Belstrom, Kathleen Boerner, and Terry Powers were named along with student council representatives Bernard Franva Ed Henckel and Allyn Roberts by the junior class. Sophomores chose George Happus and Daniel Braugott. Council president to be elected May 2.
The Rev. Bro. Joseph W. Schmitz of St. Mary's University was elected a fellow of the Texas State Historical Association in Austin Saturday. He ranks among 40 fellows in a 1500-member organization and is author of Thus They Lived and Texas Statecraft. The group re-elected Dr. P. I. Niven of San Antonio as vice president and named Miss Praneds Danecker of San Antonio public schools to the executive council.
Rev Ellison opens the Family Altar Service on KABC in a Monday morning broadcast. He is pastor of Calvary Baptist Church and his sermons for Tuesday and Wednesday are Heaven Is Heaven and Hell's Hell. Music is provided by the Nelsons and Mrs Nea Mis.
A report by Federation of Settlements of San Antonio president Miss Molly Woinsch outlines enrollment figures totaling 7674 across seven member agencies. Guadalune Center leads with 2000 members, followed by Girls' ch, Mexican Christian Institute, House of Neighborly Service, International Institute, Wesley Community House, and St. Mark's Community House.
London Press analyzes British setbacks in the Mediterranean theater noting steady Axis gains at Tobruk and in Egypt while strategists weighed Greece as a pivot. The First Lord of the Admiralty Alexander suggests Greece’s defense would have angered nations for not resisting at a critical distance.
Alonzo B. Perales, head of the League of Loyal Americans, urged passage of Texas House Bill No. 9 to prohibit denying Mexicans entry to amusement centers and businesses. San Antonio sponsors push the measure before the state affairs committee, arguing it strengthens relations with Mexico and Hispanic America and promotes equal treatment by Anglo Americans.
City patrolman C A Dotson known as the sponge squad pursued the same men from five addresses twice before arresting one Monday morning and booking him for drunken ness. Dotson rushed to headquarters and then to Robert A Green hospital with the companion who collapsed, returning to the jail. Another man, Sylvester Brown of 403 East Woodlawn avenue, was booked on drunken ness as well.
War Roundup notes Panzer columns 150 miles from Athens in Thessaly as Greek resistance and Allied withdrawals unfold. King George rouses Greeks to fight. Nazi advances seize Larisa and Trikala while Italians claim a major west Greek battle. Rome and Berlin dispute reinforcements and surrender terms. RAF strikes Cologne Duesseldorf Brest. Nazis bomb England and Scotland.
The article notes Turkey resisting German pressure through envoy Franz von Papen as Adolf Hitler seeks Turkish compliance or neutrality. It describes Papen as a sharp diplomat and outlines Germany's aim to move Turkish stance toward domination or at least neutrality while maintaining Britain ties.
Cyril McCormack son of John McCormack and Patricia Eccles were married today in San Antonio. The couple’s ceremony followed a day of activities surrounding Fort Sam Houston bids called by R Jagzeltine, quartermaster for San Antonio. An Irish tenor performed two songs at the assembly hall during the medical special church services.
Extra money for spring needs can be raised by selling things you no longer use. Ligit Want ads will find buyers. Dial B-1281.
A group of seven German climbers aided by forces fought a snowstorm to reach Mount Olympus. The ascent occurred last week amid German operations in Greece, as reported today by a witness who was at the base.
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