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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1941
Page
11
Harald Scherwitz highlights New Braunfels pride in hospitality and its blend of tradition and modernity. he describes a chamber of commerce golf tournament with about 60 participants, and notes plans for a Labor Day style festival on Saturday and Sunday August 1 and 2 featuring parades, pageants, and fireworks attracting local residents and visitors alike.
A garbled report discusses managers and umpires at a Texas League game weighing Sam Narron as a potential Most Valuable Player. It references Bil Norem, Marty McManus, and Hinkle of Besimont, with praise for Narron’s catching and Houston’s success.
Klein scores 70 for Sovater and Bass adds 70 as Antonia and Spauld place in the weekly meet. W. J. Owen Hf Spauld posts 79-8 and Antonia’s Willow Syrlogs PDUN’AC lead in a murky standings note.
Randolph field hosts the first round of the state TAAF playoff between Rambleza and the Austin Sparklers after shifting from Van Daele. A single game will be played Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Randolph diamond Grater field with no admission charged for the Urese games.
The First annual Champion of Charmatona race drew a large field from 20 states. Vandalia Ghio and Kesway WV’s Sundela led early but five shooters tied for the lead. Jack Hynns and Sparrow Young posted strong scores in open events. Charley Sparrow Young won the Sheyderens’ championship with 82 of 100 in rain and wind. 14 year old Robbie Butal won the Foungeters Winder junior title with 72.
Traton Tuc will travel to Alice on Friday to meet a strong team. Manager Bob Smith announces tryouts after noon on Gan Pedra diamond No 2. New players Grassmack Carl Kexhard Mel Woenning and Fred Duelm join the roster alongside returning members.
Curtis Bishop of Austin won the inaugural golf tournament in New Braunfels with a net 74. Frank Bastings and Herman Byal of San Antonio Light followed, with a list of net scores including Williams, Sellers, Good, and Evans among others, as the event drew editors and publishers to Landa Park course.
Members of the Brackowidge Bark Women's Golf Association will play a journal event Wednesday morning at the park course. The meeting begins at 9 A.M. with a shotgun start and 9 holes on the schedule.
Coast League season overview highlights standout pitchers and team form. Mentions Yank Terry of San Diego with a 20 win claim, Wally Hebert and Al Hotlingsworth, Pietiad, Munger, Liska, Jansen, Barreth, and others. Notes Seattle at Sacramento and Portland play opens, with upcoming matchups and division dynamics.
Dr Norman Hayner of the University of Washington presented a plan for conjugal visits to prisons as a method to address the sex problem and reduce homosexual behavior. He cited Mexican prisons where families may visit and even marry, noting two weekly visits in some US facilities and commercialization in larger prisons to offset guard tipping. He documented his Mexico survey after recent travels and mentioned a personal experience allowing a Mexican servant a conjugal visit with his wife.
Police broadened hunts for a suspected killer after the nude body of 18 year old Miss Grayson was found across a Chandler cemetery grave. A 12 year old witness, Helen Grandstadt, described a tall fair man about 30 to 36 with a thin neck who picked them up in a car and asked about where they were going. She escaped. Allie tried to flee but was grabbed by the neck. The health officer said Miss Grayson was strangled with hands and a cord or rope. Her father urged that the killer was someone familiar with local roads and the cemetery area.
Fourteen Girl Scouts registered for the Bexar County Red Cross water safety program at Woodlawn pool. W Hume Everett chairs safety education services and says registration continues through Thursday. Miss Gavaldine Willans will lead the Red Cross safety staff conducting three daily classes based on age. After 16 hours of instruction, participants will be awarded certificates.
The Randolph field orchestra plays Tuesday at the gyanisastum area with Army MLO hosting. Applewhite sisters and Joske's de MaAUment store hostesses will attend with the Liberty Belles from Joske's providing entertainment.
A report from Camp Davie notes a corporal rated with his serpent weapon after a rattlesnake incident. The sergeant, mapping Ingolant, investigated and reported the snake was killed with a bayonet.
Bond of 2600 was set today for Richard Raward Wadson 62 Austin charged with attempting to extort 25000 from the Southern Pacific Railway. Federal agents arrested him near Austin after a letter demanding funds and threats against railway properties.
Houston council awarded a contract to Rangers and Stewart to lay concrete slabs at main bus stops on Commerce streets. The slabs measure 10 by 40 feet and cost about 140 dollars each. City Engineer Tom Coghill cited heavy bus traffic as causing pavement cracks at the stops.
Justica of the Peace Bert Laws Sr., 76, died after a truck struck him while he walked across a highway six miles from Kingsville. A native of Virginia, Laws had led the First State Bank, served as mayor in 1942, and belonged to the Mathouist church and Masonic lodge. Surviving are his widow, sons in Kingsville and Houston, nine grandchildren, a great grandchild, a sister in Little Rock, and two sons in Little Rock.
ARDMORE Pa Aug 39 1m Here Murphys complaint tied Neighbor Gord on cooks German shepherd dog and four puppies. Justice of the Peace Waiter B Lown conducted two weeks of study and concludes dogs deny fault by barking at any approach. The barking may lead to deafness but the effect on nerves is most serious, making people irritable and difficult to live with. A fine of 3 dollars plus 7 dollars for violating an ordinance was paid.
Heights will hold a welcoming reception for the churchs new pastor Rev Patrick Forney and assistant Rev Harold Enger. Nine chaplains and priests will attend the Wed 8 to 10 PM event at St Peter Prince of Apostles Church in Alws mo Heights with Mrs Ped y Ping as general chair.
A jumble of names and places from Austin San Antonio and Houston appears in a community roundup. Highlights include aviation and military mentions, new posts and promotions, family ties, and travel notes with references to Mex ico Colorado London and Philadelphia.
War department orders list transfers of officers including George O. Rapp from ordnance in Houston to Shamokin. Mervin W. Peck moves within Quartermaster Corps from Fort Houston to Fort Clark.
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