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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1943
Page
6
Washington December 23 The OPA announced that sugar rationing for households will switch between men and April. Sugar stamp No 30 in the war ration book will be valid in January. Light want ads note uses and ad winter contact Dial F-1231.
A 33 year old wife, nine years married, seeks guidance on marriage strains. She loves her husband but cannot enjoy him, notes his drinking and absence with friends, and fears harming their five year old daughter. The adviser urges caution, weighs divorce, but emphasizes preserving the child’s stability and suggests the husband may improve.
Tucson police and search crews looked for Doris Helbig 18 and Maclyn Wood 17 after they wandered from a school outing with three classmates in the Catalina mountains ten miles northwest of Tucson. The girls, daughters of a University of Arizona professor, separated from the party while climbing toward the snowline and were reported missing tonight as rangers were alerted and a search began.
A Vichy dispatch reports an 18 year old Polish Jewish suspect arrested for subversive activities exploded a bomb in his pocket killing him and two police officials in Madrid. The blast occurred on December 28, according to UPI.
Funeral services for Master Sgt. Ralph W. Bottrelli, retired parachute pioneer, were to be held at Charles Hanavan chapel with interment at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery and military honors. Bottrelli died at Brooke General Hospital and previously led the Kelly Field parachute department. He began parachute jumping in 1902 from a hot air balloon and later helped develop and test Army parachutes with McCook Field, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1933.
Melbourne dispatch reports Australian United Press bureau chief Brydon Taves and war correspondent Pending Arthur Raynor were killed in a plane crash while covering American landings at Cape Gloucester New Britain. London Times reporter Tan Morrison and Australian Broadcasting Commission correspondent Hayden Lennard were injured in the same crash.
The OPA moves to cap prices on new whiskies since March 1942. Effective January 6, ceilings apply at the processor level with fixed wholesaler and retailer markups aimed at rolling back consumer prices. Sample prices include 1 fifth gallon bol tess 300 proof at 3.30, 4 years old and other blends priced between 2.65 and 2.95.
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