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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1950
Page
21
A booster letter extols the city fire department for rapid, careful work at a Perry Court residence fire. Mrs Leslie G Dick recalls when only minor damage occurred after firefighters cleaned debris and even arranged a bed. The note lauds firefighters for professionalism despite public nuisance calls and noisy roadways.
Joe Fréemar, chairman of the colisém board, wears a necktie specially designed to honor the coliseum. The silk tie features a hand painted scene of the coliseum and the legend 1950 San Antonio Texas. A Kaufman's stylist models the design in Freeman store display.
Fourteen men will begin a San Antonio Fire Department training course on Wednesday. They were welcomed Tuesday at a City Hall meeting with Fire Chief G. A. Hart and Commissioner Raymond Sourti. Hired under the eligibility list from December tests, they will train under District Chief A. L. Ralhite. On successful completion and a six month probation, they will become firefighters.
A three year old girl, Patricia Kamakee Phare, is the subject of custody suits in two states. Judge C K Quin of Fifty seventh District court granted temporary custody to Patricia’s grandmother, Mrs Walter L. Phares, at the St Anthony hotel as Everett I Phares fights his ex wife Lytha K Livingston. A hearing is set for 2 pm Wednesday.
W A Whaler district superintendent of Immigration said the poor future labor processing station will close. The last remaining station along the corridor will halt new contracts and allow extensions of old ones. If terminated, laborers will be returned to Mexico and no new contracts can be made under the minimum wage.
Frank Hovel of 605 W Packave won Lundy's Good Old Days contest identifying a 1895 photograph of a Span sh dancers group at a Turner Masquerade Wall. The item lists numerous names like Willard Fromme Hettie Brolze George Stumberg Anne Heve and others, with a prize for nearest correct identification and date. Readers are invited to send in old group photos for use in the series and complete identifications.
City health department reports the fifth influenza death and a sixth case this year. A 6 year old girl from the WOO black of W. Winki peg ave is listed. A third diphtheria case and other details are noted but unclear due to OCR errors.
A 25 year old woman walked into the sheriff office at 2 am Tuesday claiming knowledge of a $22,000 robbery and murder in the Temple area a decade ago. She said she married an ex convict in 1848 and that he told her details. She appeared to have been drinking and received first aid for a hand injury before sheriff's deputies checked the claim.
Four Lackland AFB airmen were to be arrested as a forged checks ring collapsed. Police reported 20 checks drawn on Joon firm stolen by a temporary worker from a local stationery house. Eighteen of the checks were filled and passed for a sum used for auto payments. Prosecutor Jack A. Siverzy, 29, formerly a wrecker operator in San Antonio, led the case.
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