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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1942
Page
9
Pattern 9059 may be ordered in misses sizes 12 14 16 38 20 with specific yardage for each garment. Send sixteen cents for Marin Martin pattern. include name address state number. Bend your order to The San Antonio pattern department San Antonio Texas with delivery times from New York.
Pharmacists from across the country met in Denver to debate war time challenges and proposed pharmacy corps legislation. They will address drug services for service members and potential wartime personnel shortages, with Dr G Karman of Sao Paulo to speak on Drug Centre in Bree. New officers of the American Pharmaceutical Association will be installed Thursday with Roy B Cook named incoming president.
Houston reports 104 Texans swore in to the Marine Corps in a brief ceremony led by Lt Col John O Leary. The article intertwines a fiction narrative featuring Letty, Pamela Keith, and suspects including Earle Pines, Peter Gibson, Sandra Keith, and Victor Corliss, as the plot advances with nighttime pursuit and murder mystery threads.
A reader recalls a teenager promised to marry Private Harry B. before he left for camp. She fell in love with another man, fearing heartbreak for Harry and questions of moral duty. The piece weighs truth, loyalty, and the burden of keeping a promise to a soldier versus personal happiness.
Ad copy touts BC as a fast acting formula with ingredients quickly absorbed. It promises rapid relief from headaches neuralgia muscular aches and pains withXEON 106 or package options and advises consulting a physician if pain persists.
A dated fitness feature advises heavyweights to start a long awaited dieting and exercise campaign. It promotes fat reduction through floor exercises and targeted movements, warns patience is required, and suggests dress choices to minimize bulges.
Two centenarians died in Los Angeles last night. Eaton J. Merchant aged 101 from Glendale passed after being drawn into Union army medical checks during the Civil War era. Susan Nation of Los Angeles, aged 190, is noted as a native of her county with a life spanning decades.
Dainty fascinating designs to wake your fingers with color. Pattern 438 offers 22 motifs ranging from 1-2x9 to 2x4 inches with stitch illustrations and materials. Send eleven cents to the San Antonio Needlecraft department, San Antonio, Texas, include pattern number and your name and address. Orders filled in the New from 10 days to two weeks.
Donald Holland, 13, of Houston, rode away with naval officers on his heels after enlisting in the navy. He reached San Diego before authorities learned his age. A ferry officer escorted him toward his parents in Houston, but the eastbound train halted in San Estonia where the navy found he had jumped ship.
New York city resident Mrs M Torok appears on Dave Elson's Hobby Tabby program to discuss bonnet collecting. The program airs Tuesday on KTBA from 7 30 to 7 55 PM. Other hobbyists are also featured. Dedication of the post chapel at the academy forces navigation school at Handy was held Sunday according to Lieut George W Behardt chaplain. First Protestant services were held in the chapel.
A bank embezzlement case against Black, indicted for 950 dollars, will bring him from Texas to Macon, Georgia, to answer charges. U S marshal Guy McNamara and deputy Ralph Glilend will escort him, after waiving extradition rights. Black had fled three years in San Antonio before arrest.
The hour long all subtler program Cheers from the Camps airs Tuesday on Port Guster's CBC network with MC Husing hosting from home base. Dorothy Kilgalien presents Vale of Broadway on Columbia Network from Hollywood. Hilgallert reports from movie studios with hunter’s views on screen stars.
Mrs Maude Perry 46 wife of B B Perry died after being found unconscious at home and was taken to a hospital. report notes her son Charles 10 and a soprano and contralto performers involved in a program on The American Melody Hour with pieces including The Last Rose of Summer and The Marine's Hymn.
A Pasadena woman receives word from her son Santard Berkowits, radioman, via a photo from International News Photos showing him among four sailors in front of St. Mark's Cathedral in England. The note marks his first letter since February and confirms his presence overseas. The report notes his service details and mentions War-related home front efforts and local classified ads.
In 24 hour shifts 620 modern flag makers at the Brooklyn navy yard churn out 13500 yards of material weekly to produce the U S ensign Union Jack international code flags and pennants The Navy pennant atop the Vestary building must be changed every 10 days The crew works to keep ships sight lines and signaling equipment ready amid wartime demands and canvas gear on deck
Examiner B I McCabe of Dallas announced exams for commercial and amateur radio operators will be held Friday and Saturday in the civil service examination room of the Federal Building. Commercial licensees test Friday amateurs Saturday. Applicants must report at 6 a.m. Amateur license holders receive preference in enlistment and in civilian government positions.
Quick summer meals rely on ready-to-serve canned pork product sliced for sandwiches or platters. Serve cold or hot with vegetables, salads, and fruit. Simple menus include pork product salad, cold platter with peas and carrots, and a baked pork dish with mushroom gravy.
The excerpt discusses calls for giving during war, charity through USO and churches, and the measure of generosity by willingness to give. It includes guidance on writing thank you letters to a friend and her mother, stressing politeness and hosting duties. Betty advises starting with a thank you note to the friend's mother before writing to the friend.
Senator Clark D chairs finance subcommittees weighing the withholding tax feature of the revenue bill. He warned of double taxation and noted executive hearings set Wednesday to decide whether to accept reject or revise the proposal by next Monday. Treasury officials Randolph Paul and others were questioned as the panel weighed mechanics and collection burdens on employers and the treasury.
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