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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1944
Page
2
In a Belgian hospital near advancing fronts, beds wait as wounded American soldiers are prepared for evacuation. A major and a nurse describe triage, moving patients, and the danger of German advance threatening the ward and its scarce medical supplies.
A man identified as Werten Faul Meilech was stabbed in the right chest by a woman on Saturday near David Flores Street and Santa Roba Avenue, around 10 pm. He is in serious condition at Robert B. Green Hospital. the assailant fled the scene.
Former San Antonio fire and police commissioner Lipscomb resigns from the War Production Board's Public Welfare branch. Statement says his work is completed and no successor will be named. Lipscomb sought pension rights and cites staff reductions for the separation marked with four prejudice. He joined the WPB after Maury Mayerles left San Antonio government.
In northwest Greece the ELAS led assault penetrated EDES territory as British forces landed at Piraeus harbor. A 21 minute truce cooled Athens tensions while ELAS and rival factions negotiated terms with Lieut Gen Beeble. Fighting renewed after the ceasefire as both sides pressed strategic gains.
A children's carol service at Christ Episcopal Church on Belknap Street Russell is planned for 5 PM Christmas Eve. A midnight mass begins at 11 PM with Holy Communion. On Christmas morning there is a 9:00 AM Holy Communion service. Rector Roy Samuck or Capers will preach at 11 AM. Church School and adult Bible class meet at 5:20 PM.
Four Christian churches join for a city youth gospel rally at First Christian Church on Macriman Place. The event runs from today through Saturday with afternoon and evening programs designed to engage readers of the Bible during the holiday season.
Hollywood gossip reports Ginger Rogers forming a production company with partner Charles Koerser. Papers filed in Sacramento for a 3 million dollar Ginger Rogers Producing Company with Mrs Leslar Rogers in a key role. Ginger, tied to RKO, plans a year of film activity while her Pasadena socialite circle watches closely.
Washington dispatch describes the army's Christmas menu with roast turkey and dressing, gravy, cranberry sauce, green beans, vegetables, fresh fruit, mayonnaise, celery, pickles, and candy. It notes the express hope that all soldiers will receive meals, though some arrangements may be affected by combat conditions.
Incoherent OCR fragment mentions Bugs, Mussolini, Adolf, and bizarre phrases. It alludes to chaos around a general staff and a chaotic wartime scene but lacks clear events or identifiable names beyond joking or derailed references. Overall, content is garbled and not historically verifiable.
Reported letters support Nancy Carroll and a potential film pairing with her daughter Pat Kirkland as the Hiss and Tell role at Columbia. Also noted: Warners bought Harlan Ware’s Too Young to Knox starring Joan Leslie and Robert Hutton. Continuity on stage notes and a Virginia Paris Virginis sing, with chatter about local theater.
The Felson sermon titled Christ Jesus will be read in all Christian Science churches this Sunday December 24. The golden text proclaims The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light from Isaiah 9 2. The lesson includes John 1 14 and Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures highlighting the revelation of God as power and grace available to all who receive Christ.
Readable items report on studio figures, guests and holiday celebrations at the Warner lot. Nelson Eddy plans a $34,090 mansion gift party while other stars host Christmas events and charitable reads, with Bop Hopes entertaining as December 28 winds down.
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