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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1944
Page
4
OPA counterfeiter technician says about 15 percent of Bexar county gasoline ration coupons are invalid. Farrel indicates black market mainly small operators, with enforcement checking 600000 coupons daily. Invalid coupons will hit distributor accounts. dealers face federal charges in coming weeks.
Funeral services for William Greaves owner of an insurance agency in the Muam building will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Porte Loring chapel. A Stockport England native, he is survived by his widow, Mary and daughter Alice with the Rev Samuel Capers of Christ Episcopal Church officiating. Burial will be in Mission San Antonio with brother George Greaves and other survivors.
Tomas Gonzales a 23 year old grocery clerk died after being stabbed through the heart by an 18 year old Latin American zoot suiter following an argument at a Progreso cafe. Gonzales drove to 1502 El Paso Street and died en route to Robert Green hospital at 12 30 am Thursday. Abraham Cruz 24 reported the dispute started when the group jeered at them and the assailant then slashed Gonzales as he attempted to drive away. Police officers arrested the suspect and recovered the knife.
A San Antonio Transit Company maintenance team, winners of a national competition, were honored with a Tuesday dinner at La Villita. Willan W. Holden noted that only up to 3 percent of buses were out of service for repairs, far better than similar cities. He added San Antonio buses carry four times as many passengers as before the war with just a 35 percent equipment increase.
Mrs. Marion Conrad of 322 Ancona avenue received the air medal on Wednesday for her brother Second Lieut. David Harris believed captured as a prisoner of war in Germany. Harris, a Thomas Jefferson High School and Hondo Navigation School graduate, earned the medal after completing five missions over Europe. Brig. Gen. Arthur W. Vanaman presented it at Kelly Field where Mrs. Conrad works in the civilian medical service.
A boy bitten by a rabid dog at Berg's Mill last weekend is located and receiving treatments at the city health department. Constable Henry V. Satcher of Hot Wells reports he used radio and newspapers to locate the boy after the Pasatenr institute in Austin tested the dog's head and confirmed rabies. Joe Feely, 14, 212 Coleman Street, phoned the constable to say he was the bitten boy.
Jack DeForrest manager of the Plaza hotel in Corpus Christi warned the city would rival San Antonio as the population nears 120,000. Howall Jones disputed the claim, noting polls placing San Antonio among six leading American cities likely to hold war gains after the conflict. County Commissioner Bob Ulner blocked a proposed city county government merger. Burglar climbed through a transom at Treving Drug Store on El Paso Street,逃 stealing $50 and various items.
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