Legion Backs Blind Soldier for Discharge and Pay
San Francisco report on 20 year old Robert Wetzel, blinded at Volturno, whose McCloud and Legion post demand his army discharge and service records for Veterans Administration action. Post officers arrange steps to obtain missing papers and five months pay, with Wetzel left without glasses or care.
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San Francisco
Army
Robert Wetret
Veterans’ Administration
McCloud
Wetzel
Volturno
Italy
The
Legionnaires
Don Higgins
Higgins
Young Wetzel
McCloskey Hospital
Temple
Texas
Red Cross
Wetzal
Post Exchange
Dallas Optical Company
Charles Farrington
Legion Service
Hem
Paryihigion
Farrington
Légion Field
Montgomery
Ala
Arrington
Bion Army
Peasem
Onesymme Yetzel
McCloud Legion Post
Bob
Dr Robbins To Laredo For TB Campaign
City health officer Dr. Robbins said he would travel to Laredo on Thursday to consult with Dr. Herman Helleboe of the U S Public Health Service on tuberculosis. Robbins aims to recruit a head for the city TB division and secure Helleboe to address a Friday health board meeting in San Antonio.
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Lewis ¢. Robbins
Laredo
Herman Helleboe
U.S. Public Health Service Authority
San Antonis
Robbins
Helleboe
T. B
Rman
San Antonio
WASP Examining Board Opens Mental Tests at San Antonio
Applicants for Women Airforce Service Pilots training may take the qualifying mental examination at the WASP examining board in the Callegen building 214 Broadway San Antonio under 69 counties. Officers say a letter from the director of women pilots at headquarters Washington is required to present before testing.
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Air Force Service
A Vision
San Antonio
Ldeut
Vincent D. Phillips
Callegen
Broadway
WASP
The
Army Air Forces
Int
Washington
S. A. Pilot Held As Nazi Prisoner
Capt. Joseph Marsiglia of San Ana fonio pilot reported missing January 7 is a prisoner in Germany, war department notified his wife Mrs. T. H. Spindle of 134 Furr Drive. He bailed out during a raid on Bremen after flying in more than 14 raids over Germany and was recently decorated with the Oak Leaf Cluster and the Air Medal.
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Joseph Marsiglia
San Ana
Motorist Unhurt in Auto Mishap on Houston Street
L. Collins, 35, of 514 South Olive Street, crawled from beneath his car after a crash on East Houston Street near North New Braunfels. He braked at the intersection, struck a telephone pole, sending the vehicle diagonally across the street and into a house at 220 East House Street. One minor scratch reported, no injuries to others.
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L. ©. Collins
South
Olive Street
East Houston Street
New Braunfels
City Closes Candy Firm for Operating Without License
City health officials closed a candy company Wednesday for operating without a license and condemned 2500 pounds of candy as unfit for human consumption. The product was contaminated by fat pellets. Charges were to be filed in corporation court and the firm faced a $25 daily fine for continuing operations after warning.
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Mcense
Nixon Banker Heads Association In South Texas District
Colin D. Campbell president of Nixon State Bank was elected chair man of the South Texas district Texas Bankers association and San Antonio chosen for the 1943 convention at a Plaza hotel banquet Tuesday J O McCaskill president of San Antonio Clearing House association urged bankers to lead postwar reconstruction About five hundred people including several New York bank officials attended the session
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Colin D. Campbell
Nixon State Bank
South Texas
Texas Bankers’ Association
San Antonio
Plaza Hotel
J. O. McCaskill
San Antonio Clearing House Association
New York Bank
Corpus Milling Magnate Dies
Corpus Christi Feb 16 Funeral services for Joe B Roddy 46 head of the Roddy milling company will be held Wednesday He is survived by his widow three sons Joe Roddy in the marine corps San Diego Calif Charles Roddy University of Texas Austin Hervey Roddy Corpus Christi two brothers and three sisters from various Texas and California locations
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Orpus Christi
Joe B. Roddy
Joe Roddy
Marine Corns
San Diego
Calif
Charles Roddy
University of Texas
Carroll Miller
Mathis
Ruth Sullivan
Los Angeles
Trinity Lecturer Opens Six Lenten Addresses
Dr. George Livingstone Robinson guest professor of religion at Trinity University will deliver six Lenten addresses starting 10 a m Monday February 28. The lectures in Trinity chapel are free to all church workers in San Antonio.
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George Livingstone Robinson
Trinity University
Trinity Chapel
San Antonio
Blood Test Vindicates Chaplin in Paternity Case
Hollywood February 16 blood tests by three physicians proved Charlie Chaplin could not be the father of Miss Joan Barry's four month old daughter Carol Ann. Tests, conducted at Dr Ray Hammack’s clinic, were witnessed by two other doctors and supported by attorney John J Irwin.
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Chaplin
Hollywood
Charlie Chapin
Joan Barry
Miss Barry
Miss Bay
Carol Ann
Ray Hammack
W. L. Andrews
Newton .Evans
Johnn J. Irwin
Barry
Feen
Robe
Clark
United States
Jerry Giesser
Chaplin J
California
Ceilings Put On Chicken Prices Set by OPA
OPA imposed temporary price ceilings on cut up poultry parts after investigators found legs and breasts selling near full bid cost. New York City ceilings listed wings, gizzards, and hearts at 3.5 cents per pound, legs and breasts at 76 cents, backs and necks at 19 cents, with Chicago prices 1 cent lower and West Coast ceilings a half cent higher.
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Washington
OPA
New York City
Chicago
Carter's Little Liver Pills Aid Digestion
A vintage ad explains that Nature produces about two pints of bile daily to aid digestion. It claims Carter's Little Liver Pills quickly increase bile flow, improving digestion in many people, with benefits seen in as little as thirty minutes. Available at drugstores for 25 cents.
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Carter
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Weil
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Wasp Examining Board
S. A
Nixon Banker Heads Association
Lenten
Suicker
U. S
George Rossini
Charles Chaplin
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Berlin
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Mustang
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Romer
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Asmamontlour
Packard War Workers
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