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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 12, 1941

Page

10

Community Chest Leaders Favor Broad Council Model

Lester Lean der, executive director of the Corpus Christi community chest and council, tells San Antonio chest agency executives a city wide council of social agencies and public bodies is persuasive and can guide four key areas: education security direct action to improve living conditions and coordination of existing efforts across civic groups.

Lester Leander Corpus Christi Community Chest Cemmunity Council San Antonio Community Chest Swander

Three Vacancies in Army Civil Posts in San Antonio

The civil service board announces three vacancies at San Antonio army establishments. A machinist earns 1680 dollars yearly at Duncan Field, and two foremen for washing and pressing at Fort Sam Houston earn 1400 dollars annually. Applications must be filed with the civil service board at Fort Sam Houston before February 25.

Citi San Antonio Civil Service Board Duncan Field Fort Sam Houston

Tech High Student Council Picks Two Presidential Nominees

Tech High School students name Alvin Jannersch and Grace Smith as presidential nominees for the upcoming student council election. The vote is scheduled for the month.

Tech High School Student Council Alvin Jannersch Grace Smith

Selectees promoted at Camp Bowie Brownwood Texas

San Antonio selectees receiving promotions in the One Hundred Forty-first Infantry at Camp Bowie Brownwood announced by army officials on Wednesday Staff sergeants include Carroll Murphy Marlowe Cunningham Nixon White Wolfenbarger Squibb Shelton McMahon Connolly England Ashbaugh Ede White Williams Wallace Turney Rawlings Magee master sergeants Sauerban Ebert sergeants include Careigo Sachnewitz Davis Bauer Straton Wood Mueller Slinkard Vermeer Sylen McKay Carle Altwein Neuner Strong Strum Deledo Hillier Evans Davis Bulland Turney Ail Chevinan Fuelscher Maxwell Wilkes Crutch Goode Youciss Duen Jaab Sutter Sanchez Luna Tsakepulos Carcafiagues Daly Gavaldon Gales Jimenez Lucio Mora Monca Olivas Sandesteban Torres Tovar Rodriguez Anies Lisane Manjo Pelayo etc Corporals listed with many names.

San Antonio One Hundred Forty-first Infantry Camp Bowie Brownwood Army Robert £. Carroll Clarence P. Murphy Walter L. Marlowe Jack B. Cunningham Jackb. Nixon George P. White Virgil L. Wolfenhere Jesse V. Squibb Herbert E. Shelton Thomas J. McMahon James EH. Connolly Albert B. Englsh Edward J. Ashbaugh Carroll D. Ede Mathew G. White Manuel O. Williams Hugh L. Wallace Andrew ©. Turney Adolf C. Rawlings Conrad C. Magee Gerald J. Sauerban Martin L. Ebert Edward A. Careigo Jr Nathan Sachnewitz Donald ©. Davis Frank W Bauérs Joseph P. Stratton Kenneth Ih. Wood Harold & Mueller Rex. H. Slinkard Vesner Vermeer Ellis 3. Sylen Sterbert A. McKay Keith V. Wiexiife EL J. Carle James C. Altwein Ollo J, Neuner Jr Robert B. Bhax Jack ‘Strong Roy” K. Strum Losige Deledo Hillier W. Hol Rebact S. Evens Harmen Davis Rix Bulland Otis P. Turney John B. Ail Douglass Chevinan Roy J. Lauder Burold Pickett Max A. i Stiefe Martin A. Dominguez Alea Maximilian B. Hartman James BE. Flannery Lawrence J. Scheiner Rilbert Rossi Lawran Mario Mora Alfonso Moncadhe Olivas Lorenzo G. Sandesteban Ratwl Torres Guillermo ‘Tovar Timael Rodriguez Walter Anies Frank Bf. Lisane Fred's Man Alfred Woods Cornelio Auten Edwin de Wright James A. Whitaker Holling C. Sysan Jr Rudolph J. Mn Melvin B. Petty Gear

Troops to Leave for Camp Wolters for Infantry Training

About 1000 troops from the Second division will depart Monday for Camp Wolters Mineral Wells to prepare the camp for the arrival of selectees around March 15 Camp Wolters is established as an infantry replacement center A small advance group left San Antonio a week ago to ready for the larger force

Sam Houston Camp Wolters Mineral Wells San Antonio

Hadassah to Hold Shower at Center in San Antonio

San Antonio chapter of Hadassah will host a shower at the Hebrew Center on Wednesday at 2 30 p.m. Mrs. William Zimburg will present a program about Lincoln's birthday as part of the event.

Hadassah San Antonio Hebrew Community William Zimburg

Air EGER aE TO MOVE AIR EGER aE TO MOVE

Removal of the reserve might from Brooks field in Stinson field will be accomplished in a few days with completion of the hangar being built for the flight at the municipal airport. Approximately 60 reserve fliers who have been making their inactive duty flights from Brooks field will be served by the flight at its new station. Four training planes will be moved from Brooks field to Stinson field as soon as the hangar is ready and a crew of enlisted men will be transferred to the municipal airport to service and take care of the planes.

Brooks Field Stinson Field Brooks' Field

SAU Beau Belle To Be Picked

A campus campaign at the University of San Antonio ends Friday night on Valentine’s Day for the beau and belle titles. Candidates include Ted Murray Nancy Braswell and Vivian Cowan for belle and Don Wood Jack Sargent and Jack Hastings for beau. The Spurs social group sponsors the contest to raise funds for the Battle of Flowers parade in April with the Frolic of Hearts theme Turkish.

Beau Belle University of San Antonio St. Valenntine’s Court of Hearts Teddy Murray Nancy Braswell Vivian Cowan Don Wood Jank Sargent Jack Hastings Spurs

Mark Thomson celebrates golden wedding anniversary

Mr and Mrs Sam Thomson of 438 Vanderbilt street marked their fiftieth anniversary with an open house event. The couple wed in Nashville in 1894, moved to San Antonio in 1925, and Thomson runs a drug store with three sons Sam Ian and Allen and four grandchildren were present along with all children.

Sam Thomson Vanderbilt Street Nashville San Antonio

Youth admits thefts totaling over a thousand dollars

A 12 year old San Antonio youth admitted to pilfering three purses in a brief crime career. Police say he planned to wait at home for arrest after calling officers. Victims include Olive Griffith of 602 Pevine Street and Rebecca Gander, with a third unknown woman.

San Antonio A. B. Meal G. W. Hutton Pallee Olive Griffith Pevine Street Rebecca Gander West Travis Street

Three Checks Charged in Prisoner Forgery Cases

Three cases of forgery and passing of bad checks were on file Wednesday in Justice Vaughan’s and Bat Corrigan’s courts against C Bowyer of the county jail. Bowyer faced forgery and passing a $20 check to A R Burge of the Duebonnet hotel. In Vaughan’s court he was charged with forgery and passing a $500 check to T Etheridge of the Bedell building and a $25 check to A J White of the Milam building.

Justice of the Vaughan's Bat Corrigan Aginst C. Bowyer Corrigan's Bowyer A. R. Burge Duebonnet Vaughan T. Etheridge Bedell A. J. White Milam

Secretaries Study Women in Defense

Misa Mfareh Norvell will be guest speaker for students at the Tower Secretarial School Thursday at 1:50 a.m. at the Rio Mirta restaurant. Miss Norvell will discuss Women in the Defense Program.

Misa Mfareh Norvell Tower Secretarial Miss Norvell

Armless Venus De Milo Haul Fools Atlanta School

In Atlanta a lone Venus De Milo statue was moved from a local school by an armless prankster. A shotgun stood nearby, and officials suspect a prank or pilferage, with staff fearing further mischief.

Atlanta

Krakow Sentenced to 60 Days for Stolen Goods

Sam Krakow of 642 East Commerce Street was sentenced by Judge W W McCrory to 60 days in county jail after pleading guilty to purchasing and concealing stolen property valued under $50. The case arose from 11 electric clocks and three radios stolen from Westinghouse Electric at 1211 East Houston Street, allegedly by Joe Wilson who already faces a five year penitentiary term for burglary.

Sam Krakow East Commerce Street W. W. McCrory Criminal District Court Krakow Westinghouse Electric Company Houston Street Joe Wilson

Wagon Found After Short Borrowing Incident

In 1715 near Craig place, a missing red wagon belonging to a child of Mrs. Josephine Lane was reported by the mother to police. Officer D. M. Ramos located two small boys who admitted borrowing the wagon briefly, and the matter returned to calm.

Craig Place Josephine Lane

IS A Girls to Get Radio Assignment

Several San Antonio girls will be assigned to a NYA project at Brenham where an all girl radio club has been organized. License has been granted and call letters assigned to the club by the federal communications commission. Miss Kathryn Porter a club trustee is among the few women in the United States to hold both amateur and commercial radio operator licenses.

San Antonio NYA Brenhem Aiicense Federal Communications Commission United States Kathryn Porter

Ex-Houston Police Chief Rejects New Chief Offer

Ex Houston police chief C. Brown refusedRay Ashworths offer to promote him to lieutenant in the department Brown earned 4920 per year as chief and would have received 6000 as a lieutenant Ashworth, who became Houston police chief, had initially offered Brown a detective position before raising the offer Brown announced he was quitting the department.

C. Brown Houston Ray Ashworth Brown Ashworth San Antonio

Battalion Returns from Camp Bullis to Fort Sam Houston

The First battalion of the Twenty third infantry returned to Fort Sam Houston Wednesday from Camp Bullis. They marched on foot to the Blanco road where army trucks picked them up. The troops then moved to Camp Bullis as rifle practice started for the Ninth infantry.

Twenty-third Infantry Fort Sam Houston Camp Bullis Blanco Road Ninth Infantry Campanie

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