New Pan American rep joins Holston and Redo trio
A New Yorker Edward Neatick arrives as Pan American Airlines representative. He toured Holston and Laredo before moving to San Antonio where he met his wife Antonlo Piel. They know Monthers of the San Antonio chapter of the National Dunk Nigen and greet two new national students. Local notes mention Aunt Lizzie’s carnival dumplings recipe missed deadline and praise Mrs Gee’s helpful attitude.
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Pan American Airlines
Holston
Laredo
San Antovilo
Antonlo Piel
Tney Prancey Barkin
New York
Bao
Monthers
San Antonio
Mutuai
Bobby Benson
Aunt Lizze
Elizabeth Green Pattin Bird
Indicted in Gambling Raids Supposedly by County Officials
Fragments report seven indictments charging keeping and policy games. Names include Mrs. Merist Ip Gray sr and son Hersel jr along with several residents on Emory Street and Crockett Street. Alleged raids occurred August 5 by district authorities and deputies.
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Hersel Jr
Emory St
Willam Alshury
White
Ben Hay
Plasinion Rd
Bat Brown
Biem St
Thomas Crassty
Michael J. Mack
Crockett Bi
Off Limits Order in Texarkana Ends
An off limits order in Texarkana was terminated after confusion over a reported incident. The text notes a Sunday event involving military personnel at Red River arsenal and mentions a lieutenant struck by a police officer, with officials filing and announcing related spending details.
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Texarkana
Doc
Texas
Ginals
Aimy
Red River
Polien
Long obituary notice with scattered details from a damaged source
Fragmentary obituary style items mention multiple names and a funeral service, with references to a Saturday or Monday date, a chapel near Fort Sam Houston, and limited procedural notes. The legible clues indicate a death and a funeral being planned, but many details and names are obscured by OCR errors.
Slain Man and Four Slashed in Friday Night Assaults
Margarito Jimenez, 35, died at Robert s Green Hospital after a gunshot wound to the stomach in the 1800 block of S Brazos. Juan Lopez 32, 1815 S Brazos, was pistol near his home as detectives found an air pistol nearby. Four others were treated for multiple cuts at various locations including Santa Rosa Hospital and Santa Clara, Dwyer streets.
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Ocean
Margarito Jimenez
Old Laredo Hay
Roberts
Green Hospital
S. Brazos St
Dets
Steve Salas
George Trregano
Jimenez
Pablo Lopez
Lopez
Pete Radriguez
Monteatma St
Sanita Rosa Hospital
Jack Larned
Tony Castillo
Arbor Pl
Midkitt Funeral Held for County Judge W. L. Midkitt
Gonzales Texas December 16 funeral services for County Judge W L Midkitt 74 who died Thursday were to be held this morning At 421 years he had served two terms as county attorney He leaves his widow Mrs W B Midkiff Gonzales two sons A B Midkiff and Richard Midkiff Del Rio four granddaughters a brother R L Midkiff Austin and other relatives
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Gonzales
WL P. Midkitt
Mexico Starts New Border Link To U S Route
Mexico City dispatch reports a $2,800,000 trunk highway project extending toward the U S border. The line from Eagle Pass to Saltillo has begun, with a new Salineo to Matehusta segment planned as part of the route from Mexico City to Monterrey toward Laredo.
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U.S
Salinlo
Eagle Pass
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Matehusta
Salelo
Mareitugla
San Antonio Chamber to Elect 1951 Officers at Dinner
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual membership meeting and dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Gunter hotel. The highlight is the introduction of 1551 officers to be elected by the chamber board, followed by nine new directors. Senator Wattare F. Bennett of Utah, arriving from New York, will be the principal speaker.
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San Antono
Sunday Breakfast Cereal with Banana and Bacon Marmalade
A fragmented recipe page lists a Sunday breakfast menu with cereal, sliced bananas, bacon and orange marmalade. It includes rough measurements for ingredients like oranges, walnuts or pecans, and cinnamon and notes on preparation steps such as peeling, chopping, boiling, and reducing to a thick glaze.
Truman Urges Rapid Arms Push To Defend Freedom
President Truman proclaims a national emergency to mobilize arms for a 3.5 million man force and creates the office of defense mobilization to supervise controls and production. He names a corporate leader to head it, dispatches infantry divisions into service, and warns the nation of grave danger from Soviet aggression while calling for tax increases and wage and price controls to sustain defense.
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Grem
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Tuman
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Ile
Byrone
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Trisoan
Burglaries Hit Five San Antonio Homes in Mayhem
Det. Jack Larned investigated five San Antonio burglaries tied to one suspect. Clothes shoes and cash disappeared after entries were forced via bedroom windows with torn screens. Victims included Rolla Williams at 118 Bersiyick Ave and Paul Schooler at 207 Lemingdy. Other sites: 144 Thomas Jefferson Drive and a Sunshine Drive residence. one home reported only entries with nothing stolen. Also note: Truman signed a law granting armed services members exemption from federal transportation taxes on leave.
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San Antonio
Jack Larned
Rolla Williams
Bersiyick Ave
Paul Schooler
Berswith
Bartow Arnold
Thomas
Jefferson Dy
Sunshine
Washington
Truman
Armed Services
Wishing Well Word Puzzle From The Era
A clumsy OCR puzzle note presents a daily fortune game using name letter counts to produce a numeric key. Instructions describe adjusting counts by four steps, reading a message from a grid, and deriving a final “Key number.” The fragment hints at an old feature titled 1059 by Wy and a header about King features.
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Wy Digures
King Featucas
PO Hours Get Longer For Christmas Post Office
Postmaster Dan Quill said the male post office and 11 substations will operate limited hours Sunday to ease the Christmas rush. Main station stamp and parcel post windows open 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday. parcel post window open to 10 p.m. nightly through Saturday. Most substations will sell stamps and accept parcel post from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
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Dan Quill
Guill
City News T Dance Nights and Halls Feature Various Bands
A tropical collage of weekend dances across multiple venues. Listings include Nicraeyer at Tourist club ballroom 617 N St Mar with Adv. Square and rhythm dance. Sweat Spot Vine City Rd at Medina river. Texas Stars and other bands at Herman Son’s Hall 325 S St Marys. Jake Avectt Rhythm Ranchers at Gilcrease blog 02 W Creeket. and more dance events at Hermann Hall Braun Rd Dec 16, Eagle’s Hall 212 N Alamo Hodges Bakers Orch, Oak Grove Hall, Top Hall, and Curley Williams South Ernairs.
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Tourist Club
N. St. Mar‘ Fe
Nicraeyer
Adv
Nile
Vine City
Medina River
Texas Stars
Hermann Son
S. St. Mary's
Jake Avectt
Rhythm Ranchers
Loans Probes VA Schools Ties To GI Education
Rep Olin Teague chairing a congressional probe reports 56 Texas GI schools run by former VA employees and notes high contracts. Hearings in Washington resume after Dallas sessions where ex VA staff testified they received loans from school operators. Witness Vedder B Watson recounted a $4000 loan while he led a Dallas VA training unit.
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Olin Teague
Texas
Teague
Washington
Scudder
R-Calif
Vedder B. Watson
North Carolina
Sam B. Ward
Waco VA
Fice
East Texas
C. W. Peavey
San Antonio
Pattern details for Marian Martin sewing pattern set
The San Antonio Light advertises Marian Martin dress and boxer style patterns with sizes for boys and men. It invites readers to send 25 cents for pattern 9228, with a pattern book option at 20 cents, promising easy steps, illustrated charts, and a blouse pattern by yardage of fabric.
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Mar Ant
Marian Marlin
Light Pattern Department
San Antonio
Texas
Marian Martin
Unclear Weather Forecast for Northern Regions
Snaw flurctes or light auaw are forecast for northern and central Appalachians Great Lakes eastern Dakotas and northern and central Rockies. Xat 1 percent indicated for northern Pacific tree and sections of Flora.
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Appalachians
Great Lakes
Dakotas
Rockies
Your Baby And Mine Your Baby And Mine
From infancy the baby's scalp needs careful care to prevent unsightly, odorous scales on the head. Wash with soap, rinse, dry, and treat any scales. use a soft brush daily and shampoo twice weekly. Include the child in the routine to reduce fear and build cooperation. a leaflet on the baby bath is available by request from Myrtle Meyer Eldred.
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Orise
Imother
Tim
Myrtle Meyer Eldred
Pyibiius Synmiecte
Hollywood couples file for divorce ends long marriages
Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor announce divorce by mutual consent ending their public idyll. Ruby Stevens and Spangler Anger Rengh also end their marriage after years together, with both stating no further romantic involvement.
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Bully Wood
Tay—L
Hollywood
Barbara Stanwyck
Robert
Taylor
Dlynrée
Turnipseed Triplets Born in Birmingham Likely Draft Evasion
Mrs G M Turnipseed of Birmingham announced her husband may not be drafted after she gave birth to triplets all boys yesterday. The trio A B and C were unnamed at birth and the claim emerged in a local Birmingham story dated December 1946.
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Birmingham
Ala
G. M
Wornipseed
Death Takes Noted Writer at 93 in Philadelphia
Agnes Reppliey, described as the dean of American essayists, died yesterday in Philadelphia at 93. She authored many noted works across literary fields and was celebrated for her essays, also known as a poet and lecturer.
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Philadelphia
Agnes Reppliey
Miss Reppliey
Daily Horoscope Fragments From Forlorn Odds 1953
Fragmented astrology notes present daily predictions for December 15 1953 through late May. The text lists zodiac signs Cancer Gemini Virgo and Serb with warnings about promises, careful thinking, courage, and religious or martial imagery. It reads like an irregular horoscopy page with garbled phrases and dates.
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Sanday
Davies
Farrug
Lars
Saturn
Horoscope From October 24 To November 2 1950
Horoscope notes for Scorpio through Pisces with advice on health work and morals. It mentions hospital attendance and duties to God, urging calm reasoning and attention to essentials. Predictions reference planetary aspects favoring Capricorn and Neptune warning Pisces about careless acts near the sea. It ends with a self portrait of born individuals having magnetic personality and common sense, encouraging self-correction and diligence.
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Capricorn
King Aleadnder
Elbe
Syn, Inc
Schwartz divorce note outlines pool sharing plan
Los Angeles December 1672. Chummy divorce note reports actress Yhelma Schwartz and estranged husband William agreeing to live apart in their Burbank home while sharing the swimming pool. He will reduce alimony from 1000 to 750 dollars monthly pending the suit and seeks a Christmas settlement. a restraining order keeps him from contacting his wife.
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Los Angeles
Yhelma Schwartz
Willian
Burbank
Schwartz
Annual Yule Party at Center Promises Holiday Fun
The Davis Square Dance Club will stage its annual Christmas dance at the South San Antonio Recreation Center. Event features holiday music and festive activities for the community, with admission details to be announced.
McCarthy Squares Off With Pearson Over Communism Claims
Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy and columnist Drew Pearson traded sharp accusations in a charged session. McCarthy branded Pearson a Moscow-directed character assassin and linked him to alleged Communist influence, while Pearson retorted that his anti-Communist battles are well known and noted McCarthy’s habit of suing opponents.
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Washington
Sun
McCarthy
R-Wis
Drew Pearson
Pearson
Wisconsin
Karr McCarthy
Sid Pearson
Karr
Ant
Washington Monument
Senate
Colin
Dheras
Adam Tiat Ca
Fearyson
Students Jeer French Scientist at Paris Lecture
Communist scientist Frederic Joliot Curie faced jeers and stench bombs from physics students during a lecture at the College de France in Paris. Police were called as the crowd fled.
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Paris
Frederic Joliot
Cutie
College Fe France
Birth of Gloria, Third Child for Noted Matinee Idol Wife
The wife of the famed matinee idol, aged 33, gave birth yesterday to their third child, a daughter named Gloria. The infant weighed nine pounds four ounces at birth.
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Idol
Gloria
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