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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1944

Page

2

Basin in Haymarket area catchall for fifth pool

San Antonio health inspectors exposed a basin near the plaza receiving sewage from five food establishments. Grease clogs sewer lines causing overflow into basements. City orders direct connections to sewer. several cafes and bakeries face closure if noncompliant. Candy firm given three days to clean after rats contaminated product.

San Antonio Cetil A. Tips Nee Sanitary Can Tae Basin Nya John H. Ham Ham Tandy Company SOT Gouth Alamo Gired Tion Ham Hig Place Dr. Lewis Robbins Ater Robble

Sentence Change in Hey Swindling Case Heard

Judge W W McCrory of Criminal District Court Thursday revoked a seven year suspended sentence given Orvin G Hey of 737 Pleasanton Road. Hey was resentenced to from two to five years after conviction on a swindling charge in County Court-at-Law Ba.

W. W. McCrory Criminal District Court Orvin G. Hey Pleasanton Road Hay County Court-at-Law

50 Carpenters To Alaska Headed For War Work

50 carpenters enrolled in the last week for Alaska assignments will join 60 more signed by Ran dall Cone employment agent of the Guy 8 Atkinson company. Cone travels to secure the remaining workers from the Houston area. The men, about 40 years old, sign a year long contract, work seven days a week ten hours daily, and undergo eight weeks training at Statile before deployment. They will labor under cover in temperatures around four degrees below zero. Last year from South Texas, about 25 men were sent and half completed years of work.

Alake Gan Antono Randall Cone Guy Atkinson Company Beagle Cone Houston Ares Alaska Gene Tseght South Texas

Officer Dies in Army Camp Blaze at Camp Knight

An unidentified army officer died in a fire at Camp Knight in Oakland on February 17. The blaze gutted the two story bachelor officers quarters, injuring nine others as forty seven officers slept. Sentries raised the alarm and attempted to awaken the men.

Oakland Geilf Wene Camp Knight

Davao Prison Camp Horror Tales of Cruelty and Escape

A former Davao prison camp inmate recounts brutal conditions and cruelties by Japanese guards. He describes scurvy, inadequate medical care, and killings, including a guard shooting a U.S. soldier and a Filipino inmate ambush, amid wartime neglect and sporadic resistance.

Washington Roundup Prosecution On Peace Now Urged

The Dies committee handed evidence to the justice department alleging the Peace Now movement acted to aid seditious treason. Dies urged prosecution under sedition laws, predicting the group’s end and promising continued scrutiny. The panel blamed a 1943 letter to religious leaders for urging armed Christians to lay down arms. John Albert Collett, Peace Now secretary, was flagged for possible detention actions.

Washington Cou Dies Justice Department Peace Now D.-Tex Biddle Office of the Peace Now United States George W. Anrtman Dorothy Hutchinson Marjorie Ewbank Jrs Bessie Simon Jusitor Department John Albert Collett Oslo Norway Feld

Boy Enthroned As Tibet Pontiff

A seven year old boy named Hsinhwa was enthroned as the Panchen Lama at Taezh temple in Chinghal province with over 100000 attendees. The ceremony followed the death of the ninth Panchen Lama on November 3, 1937, and reflects Tibetan reincarnation beliefs linking the Panchen Lama to Buddha and the Dalai Lama to Bodhisattva. The current Dalai Lama is a 29 year old peasant boy enthroned in Lhasa on February 22, 1840, after the thirteenth Dalai Lama’s death on December 17, 1923.

Chongking Yeh Tibet Hsinhwa Chinghal Taezh Temple China Kuomintang Central Executive Committee Dalai Lama Buddha Dalai Tama Lhasa

Levey Confers On Bond Suit In Texas Case

Assistant District Attorney Joy Sam Levey traveled to Austin with attorneys from Jeffery, El Paso, and Travis counties to test a suit in State Supreme Court aimed at determining if country bonds can be refunded at lower interest rates. The action seeks to clarify future status of road bonds amid war time finance changes. Travis county refunded 199000 of a 285000 1929 road district issue at rates not exceeding 3 percent.

Joy Sam Levey Austin Jeffery Travis County Commissioners Court

Bathtub Bed For Italy Red Cross Worker

Norma Fuller, a Red Cross social worker from San Antonio, describes improvised bathtub beds used by four Italian women in a former public bath in Italy. She notes dirty floors and inch deep water, but the tubs were cleaner by comparison and she cautions against relying on such arrangements.

Italy Norma Fuller North Flores Street San Antonio Red Cross Miss Fuller Dedrolly Eudes

Relief At Last For Your Cough

An ad touts Creomulsion as a potent cough remedy for bronchitis and chest cold. It claims the medicine reaches the root of the problem, loosens phlegm, soothes inflamed bronchial mucosa, and aids restful sleep without narcotics. It urges buying now to avoid costly health issues.

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