San Antonio school district food bill climbs in war era
The San Antonio Independent School District reports a tripling of cafeteria grocery costs from 1938 to 1944 45, with staple items rising to 150 000 dollars while candy expenditures reach 29 000 dollars and snack items like fries and chips total 316 000 dollars amid wartime shifts in spending and student purchasing power.
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San Antonio Independent School District
Mills
T. D. Coley
San Antonio
Coley
Rapido Try Crazy Raid Crosses Rapido River
Fort Worth report recalls German officers doubting the 46th Texas division’s cross of the Rapido river. Capt. Robert T. Henry, captured after the attack, said the Germans were well informed on division officers and believed the crossing was a foolhardy move. The assault incurred about 2900 casualties.
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Fort Worth
Rapida River
Texas
Robert T. Henry
American Legion
Henry
Son Reunites With Dying Soldier Father in Hospital
In San Francisco on February 12 a fourteen month old boy Ronnie Sanders, flown from Memphis to be with his dying father, Sgt Russie C. Sanden, was kept at the same hospital ward where his father battles a rare blood disease leukemia. The boy’s reunion comes amid the soldier’s grave illness and a medical effort to treat both.
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San Francisco
Ronnie Sanders
Memphis
Enn
Russie C. Sande
Red Cross Head to Confer in L.A. San Antonio visit outlined
Basil O'Connor, New York, chairmen of the American Red Cross, will arrive in San Antonio Sunday for conferences with local officials. The program includes two radio addresses and a luncheon at the Gunter hotel Monday at 12:15 pm. He will tour LaVillita and Brooke hospital center.
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Basil O'Connor
New York
American Red Cross
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
O'Connor
LaVilliva
Brooke Hospital
Carver Rites Held Tuesday
Funeral services for William T Carver aged 57 of 223 Indiana Street were held at Akers Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Tuesday with burial in Roselawn Park. Carver served as an investigator for the state bureau of labor statistics and had 28 years with the police department.
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William T.carver
Indiana Street
Akers Funeral Home
Roselawn Park
Carver
State Bureau of Labor Statistics
Police Department
Concert Cancelled by Alness of Lily Windsor
Alness of Lily Windsor has forced cancellation of her concert scheduled for Tuesday night at Incarnate Word College. The abrupt change affects attendees and local media who had promoted the event through week. No rescheduling announced at this time.
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Alness
Lily Windsor
Incarnate Word College
Open bidding supported by planning board at St Anthony hotel
Planning board motions urge dropping negotiations to advance inter regional highway funding. John Zeller reported property owners hesitate to sign contracts due to payment timing. The board seeks letters to bond litigants to drop the suit, citing taxpayer losses from rising prices and delays. The San Antonio Real Estate board joined opposition, and Dallas struggles with regional funds. Joy Frost restoration accepted. no successor named.
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Acton
L. Tinet
William H. Waugh
Planning Board
Zeller
San Antonio Real Estate Board
Dallas
Blood Test Letters Ready for City Health Drive
Fifteen thousand letters addressed to parents of high school students urge consent for blood tests for syphilis typhoid undulant fever and amoebic dysentery. Tuesdays letters were delivered to principals who will pass them to students. Parents sign an enclosed card and return it. upon enough returns a testing team comes to the school. Reports go only to the signer. negatives yield no report.
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Cliy Health Department
Thomas H. Maltam
San Antonio
Mexican officers arrested over Guanajuato violence
In Guadalahara on February 11, Gen Rafael Mena Mora ordered the arrest of two colonels and 13 soldiers charged with complicity in the killing of 80 people and wounding many during a January 2 clash in Leon Guanajuato.
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Guadalafara
Mexico
Leon
Guanajuato
Rafael C. Denas Mora
Courage Fails, Takes Bottle in City Blood Test Drive
A young man who lost courage before giving his blood sample fled from the blood testing line in the post office lobby. Officials say they want the man to return the specimen bottle he took and disappeared with while the city health department conducts the drive.
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City Health Department
Mai
$800 Taken Victim Beaten Near Buena Vista
Joe Evans, 41, of 401 Pannen Street, was hospitalized with a skull fracture after being struck unconscious with an iron bar or bottle at Buena Vista and San Marcos streets late Monday. He reported selling a truck for $800 and was on another truck when attacked. His companion Ted Guerrero, 604 Panto, left him briefly and found him bleeding.
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Joe Evans
Pannen Street
Robert B. Green Hospital
Buena Vista
San Marcos
Felice
Hus
Ted Guerrero
Panto
Evins
Wonderful Sauce for Roast Pork and Beef
A recipe notes a sauce made by combining half catsup and half soy sauce, heated gently and poured over meat. It suggests served with roast pork shrimp broiled beef and five rice as a simple accompaniment.
Light Business Service Ad Offers Extra Tee-Hold
An old classified line touts a business ad service promising an extra tee-hold and more profits. It urges dialing a number, 4231, to attract customers through Light Business Service ads.
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Dial 4231
Advaltec
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Bloondig
3 Inc
Solent Aion Broadway
Teealz
John
Russell Sanders
Elson
Rapido
Canberra
Red Cross
L.A
I. Brenner
Solo-Serve*Go
Delicio
SAN Antonio Light
Stowers
Martha Washington
E. Housiag
Tesas Theatre Bldg
W. Houston
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