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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1944
Page
4
Greeley Colorado reports that American prisoners in German camps were barred from singing the Star Spangled Banner and America for one month. Red Cross investigator says the ban was retaliation for a U S ruling prohibiting German prisoners from singing Nazi party songs.
An advertisement from The Postal Life Insurance Company of Kansas City promotes a senior age policy for men and women 65 to 80. It offers up to 400 in death benefits, up to 100 monthly disability and hospital benefits, no medical exam, and a price around 355 yearly. Claims reportedly paid promptly, with over 250,000 policies sold. The text includes World War II era rhetoric and references Geneva conventions and German prisoners in the U.S. camp system.
The American's Creed was authored in 1917 by William Tyler Page the clerk of the U S House of Representatives It was accepted on behalf of the American people by the House the following year
Hollywood gossip column notes Sam Goldwyn to open his film Up in Arms in Reno as independent producers clash with venues. Also reports Bergen's new name Sife Kuinker and prize winners, including Mare Robert Hartel and Sharon McManus, with updates on Errol Flynn, Dinah Shore, and other star movements. Joe Fields dies in Las Vegas. divorce news surrounding Ralph Cohn.
Lester L. Bourgeois 22 earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters after completing 38 flights over Germany including Berlin. On furlough he attended a barbecue at his parents home near Boerne with 160 neighbors and friends, after service across Italy and England.
Thirty CAP cadets enroll at Brooks Field for a 10 day summer encampment. They will receive cadet training and a taste of army life under the A. A. F. Keining command, with classes in navigation meteorology and code among other studies.
The San Antonio Light reports on the cadets under Brooksfield ground school supervision with Captain Willard J. Berg as ground school instructor and station officer for the program.
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