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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1943
Page
2
County Court Judge McCollum fined Henry Fernandez and Peter Howiss 75 each for selling beer without licenses. Gil Brown, inspector for the local board, filed the complaint and the defendants pleaded guilty.
San Antonio officers in the Civil Air Patrol welcomed President Roosevelt’s order placing CAP under the armed forces and removing civilian defense jurisdiction. Group B15, led by Gant H. Stanfield, includes about 85 fliers in 38 squadrons with roughly 50 planes in the area. Executives include Al Buchanan as executive officer and Blysl Lieut. Bill Grron as squadron commander. The group, largely first lieutenants and second lieutenants, has shifted from patrol and carrier work to its new status.
Independent stores in San Antonio saw a 4 percent drop in March sales versus February, with district data from the Dallas regional office of the Commerce Department. Nationally March sales fell 23 percent from March, while the first quarter of 1943 rose 36 percent over last year’s quarter. Dallas area sales lagged peers, with declines of 18 percent in Dallas, 4 percent in Fort Worth, and 6 percent in Houston. Jewelers and dollars posted gains, with BV per cent and 47 per unit respectively. Federal Reserve notes Fort Worth led Texas cities in department store sales gains for the week ending April 24, with Fort Worth doubling last year’s period and Texas’ Eleventh District up about 0.2 per cent or more. District-wide sales for the five weeks ending April showed a 4 percent increase over the prior year’s period.
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