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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1949
Page
1
A quirky collection of street chatter and local tidbits. Felipe Nunez sells improvised rugs on downtown corners, while a gardener at Highland Park center tends green grass. Community figures like Gustave Quesnet and Deena Gaffney appear in brief notices, with a Glenn Miller orchestra update and nursing education appeals.
Houston reports a million dollar tuna fleet preparing to sail Monday for the South American west coast tuna banks. Four vessels will fish the Ged Gulf of Mexico rigged with two cockpit planes to spot tuna schools. Fishermen will coordinate from the fleet, signaling by radio to scour the waters.
Hust Stromberg pioneers multi medium storytelling as Prowt Car releases with United Artists, while radio TV and cinema tie in. Hollywood snapshots note births marriages and gatherings, naming Errol Flynn Freddie McEvoy Claude Stephane and Arlene Dahl amid industry chatter and social events at Beverly Hills hotel and Ciro's.
Flyers from Texas Christian University and the University of Oklahoma open a two school air meet today at Worth. Competition features power-off spot landings side and overheld approaches and bomb dropping.
Laredo opens its annual Washington birthday celebration with pageants parades and dances. The festival runs through February 23 with February 1 marking the high point featuring the traditional mock attack on city hall.
The text discusses a boy’s fear of abandonment when his mother leaves him and how that shapes school life and trust. It cites Karl A. Menninger on schizophrenia care, criticizing routine shocks and advocating timing treatments to the patient’s mental state and progress, stressing a friendly environment and trustworthy caregivers.
Services for Mrs Mary McCampbell of 123 Woodlawn Ave were to be held at 2 p m Saturday at Porter Soring chapel with interment at Mission Burial Work. She lived in San Antonio since 1906 and graduated Baylor University in 1885 during Dr Alfred Burleson’s presidency. Surviving are daughter Mrs Marion McCampbell of San Antonio, sister Mrs J W Rags of Gale Victoria and several nephews.
Gov Dewey denounces President Truman proposals for national health insurance and steel industry nationalization as steps to totalitarianism. He told the University of Michigan club in New York that the measures amount to socialized medicine and government control of industry.
Berlin reports police accuse Russian agents of trading large sums of castorm marks for west marks amid currency instability. Tensions rise after a motorist was killed fleeing Soviet police, with two Germans wounded in a border shooting. A separate clash involved travelers on trains between East and West zones.
Fragmentary horoscope section mentions birthday timing and planetary undercurrents. It references periods from March 21 to April 2 and from April 21 to May 20 with notes on moods and urges. The text is garbled and unclear but implies personal guidance and timing windows.
A scanned notice lists marriages including A Rose with John econ and Doris with Hiardon, plus several other couples such as Ruth Jane Backer and Tracy Helen Worder, San Ramon pairings, and numerous individual names. Divorces include GR Grant and Carl The Fisher, Oma Be Stewsriz Genese L and Gonzales.
The U S attorney general promised careful consideration of how Ball Telephone Co uses yellow page classified ads. In a letter from Assistant AG Herbert A Bergson to San Antonio insurer William L Stiles, the issue is the firm’s $100000 annual yellow pages income adding to revenue from public phones and private line service. Stiles argues the firm taxes none in San Antonio and lacks chartered authority to run ad business. He accuses the company of propaganda and notes alleged delays in hand telephone set installations to avoid replacements costs, criticizing claims on rate reductions.
Chairman Wood of the American Activities Committee seeks testimony from Louise Strong, the writer who spent years in Russia and is now detained as a spy. Strong, deported after arrest, has drawn attention from American diplomats in Moscow who have requested access without success.
A breakfast recipe column describes an orange juice buttermilk pancake mix with cranberry applesauce. It lists ingredients such as cranberries, grated rind, peeled apples, and sugar with water, plus steps to simmer and combine. The result yields about one pint of sauce and pancakes.
SHOE BO aby SHOE BO aby PILON By MIRTA Saturday Review of Fash ions of the Week. At the Army Civilian lunch i0n, Miss Lois Hunt, Met, star, who sang in ll Trovatore, wore a smartly tailored black suit and small draped hat and Jean Longwich was attractive in a peacock blue shanting frock with black accessories. At the Liebmann-Wolf wedding, Mrs. John Thomas Evans gown was blue gray satin and chiffon, the full skirt of the sheer material. Miss Louise Conlon wore white lace and tulle with a lace stole and Mrs. Carolyn Murray was in white crepe blouse and long black velvet skirt. McGARY At the Fenwick Luncheon club Mrs. Willitt Hogg was chic in a navy blue spring hat with bright green ribbon across the front and a navy blue crepe frock with a flared skirt trimmed with narrow bands of taffeta and a fitted taffeta jacket with peplum. At the Anacacho room style show, Mrs. Judy Connell chose a navy frock and a small thatching hat with turned-back front brim. Mrs. William Abbey wore a black frock with a brimless black hat crown covered with sequins and rims red and green feathers, and Mrs. Frank Prassel donned a beige suit and a black straw.
Saturday evening weddings include Miss Audrey Phillips and Charles Lehreinee UWI at 8 p.m. in Christ Episcopal church with a reception at the Colonial and Minnetrams hotel, and Miss Many Ruth Jones with Trevor Whayne at Laurel Heights Methodist church with a reception at the brig's home. San Antonio Symphony presents La Boheme at the municipal auditorium with a cocktail supper hosted by Mrs. George Stableford. Mrs. Orville Ellen hosted Beta Sigma Phi at her grandmother’s home, assisted by Bertha Petry and Nobie Smith. Miss Willa Mac Hoggold designed Fiesta parade entry. Mrs. Rich ard Stovall reported on Valentine Variety dance at Randolph AFB Officers club Feb 14. Miss Margarite Benderson from Kansas City spoke on the Zrugh program.
Budapest Feb 19 An informed source says Cardinal Mindszenty sent a letter urging peace within the church. Roman Catholic bishops reportedly met privately yesterday but did not decide on the letter. Mindszenty was convicted of treason espionage and black market money dealings and sentenced to life imprisonment on Feb 3.
Mr and Mrs Rudy Krisch hosted a buffet supper Friday at their home to honor newcomers from Philadelphia including 3x and Mrs Herbert Chadwick Jr. Mrs Erek Jensen of Scarsdale, visiting, joined by guests Mrs Alice Naylor Miss Mary Weyton Robert Reed Mr and Mrs Green Peyton Mr and Mrs Buford Walker Mr and Mrs Albert Herrmann and Carl Stephan. A Chinese jug centered the table with wastel gladiali.
Pattern 379 offers a matching jacket and skirt in sizes 42 14 16 20 40 15 and 4 yards needed. This easy to use pattern promises perfect fit with a complete illustrated Sew Chart and step by step guidance. Send 23 cents to Light Pattern Dept San Antonio Light Texas with name address size and style number.
The Friday evening affair hosted by Mr and Mrs Charles Schreiner and granddaughter Miss Kite West Nelson honored the wedding party and out of town guests numbering 85. The long refectory table featured Italian cutwork, Dresden compotes with pink roses carnations and sweetpeas, Dresden candelabra with pink tapers, and pink blossoms throughout the reception area. Assisting the hosts were Mesdames W P Phillips Walter Schreiner WLC Rigsby Ronald H Pugsley and Charles Hugh Burns.
The S A Group to Entertain chapter United Daughters of 1812 will host state president Mrs Frederick Brewster Ingram Dallas at a dinner party Monday in the Cavalier room Menger Hotel A Mexican luncheon in her honor will be held Monday in the Bright Shawl Mrs H R Wofford hosted a seated tea Wednesday at her home Delegates to the associate state counsels to be held in Galveston in March were elected including Camille Neighbors George Wurzbach D L Freeman Joseph Carnal and Edwin H Mooney Alternates include W F Coleman Ross Neighbors J J Grissom John Keith and Charles B Ide Ethepoyan Mrs Parkinson will represent the chapter at the National meeting in Washington 2 May After wedding rehearsals Friday evening Miss Mary Huth Jones and Trevor Whayne were wined and dined by his mother Mrs Kathryn Whayne at a dinner party in the Renaissance room Menger Hotel White gladioli stock and carnations adorned the table The 28 guests included out of town friends for the wedding Saturday evening and the procession to the church featured several local names and the family of the groom 10 0 0 0
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