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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1942
Page
2
Many items for the date, office and yard advertised through Classifications 105 to 116 in Light Want Ads. Readable entries include furniture tools and home goods offered at modest prices to local buyers and note dates or contact references where shown.
Gatesville doctor Ralph Bailey, who forgave all bills owed by patients when he retired in 1938, died at his farm home near Here yesterday. He had served the community for many years and was noted for his charitable acts and medical service.
School and college groups including football teams and bands must use private cars or public transport outside their camps under a wartime order relayed to the Bexar County War Price and Rationing Board. Behaul buses used for nontransport purposes will lose future eligibility, even if tires were bought before rationing began.
Police report Dorothy Whinka a bakery employee died after a dog pursuing an automobile struck her causing a fatal head injury. Chief Reed Phillips said the incident occurred as she was walking to work yesterday with the dog running into her, the impact threw her to the ground and she died from skull fracture.
The Rev. Wade H. Noges, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Shreveport, Texas, and Mrs. Noges are spending vacation here and he serves as supply pastor of the local First Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Boggs will preach at the 10 a.m. service Sunday.
President Roosevelt spoke on inflation, favoring a flexible approach to stabilizing farm prices and wages within living costs. He noted no freeze is planned and hinted at a Labor Day plan announcement with a radio address, while awaiting a justice department report on war powers to curb rising costs. He said Price Administrator Henderson backs stabilization within a living-cost fixed ratio. He met with leaders Phillip Murray and William Green earlier in the week.
Miss Nelda Echterhoff 30 of 12% Theike Street died Friday at home. Services at 4 p m Saturday at Riebe Funeral Home conducted by Rev W H Aufderhaar. Burial in Tutheran Cemetery. Native of San Antonio she is survived by parents Gus and Mrs Echterhoff a brother and a sister Lydia Ann Echterhoff of San Antonio.
Music under direction of Joni M. Steinfeldt president of Stein feldt college of music and show ing of the film Brigham Young, frontiersman scheduled for entertainment of soldiers and guests at the Salvation Army-USO center Saturday Night at 4 p.m. Steinfeldt will play from his own compositions and others and present students from his school. Refreshments will follow the music.
Funeral rites for Mrs. Allen will be conducted Saturday at the Porter Loring chapel by Rev. Mr. Jenkins with interment in City Cemetery. A resident of Missouri, she had lived in the area for years. Mrs. Satan Aden, 75, of 517 a...
The article honors World War II air force members including Christian Herron and Anion Roll on Mastery Bal Jay Oliver. Herron, stationed in New Guinea, volunteered to bomb a Jap base at Fabaul, New Britain, and died after crash landing following intense anti aircraft fire. Oliver and Fullson perished during bombing missions over Lae, New Guinea, with Oliver continuing to fight despite heavy fire before his plane failed.
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