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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1944
Page
4
The Office of Price Administration unveils a new rationing system with 16 point stamps for meats and processed foods. Tokens are issued as change and circulate with blue red and green stamps, guiding purchases through May 20.
New York Feb 20. Unknown attackers killed Domingue Fommrasini secretary of Jaques Doriot's pro Nazi party near his Marseille base. The incident was reported by German controlled Belgian radio and recorded by U.S. government monitors. The broadcast adds context to German influence in occupied Europe.
Mrs L Lean Talon Jr arrives from Blackstone Virginia to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Leland Busby as the sole attendant at sister Miss Virginia Busby and Trent Col James C Watkinson Fund Lieutenant Deaton will attend the ceremony then return to Camp Pickett. Local meetings include San Antonio council founders F W McAllister and Eleanor Brackenridge to discuss history and a Mothers group program at Laura Steere school. church and PTA events follow with speakers and committees noted. Bears climb trees among forest notes.
Birth reported February 23 at Santa Rosa hospital of twin daughters to Mrs Halpern formerly Shirley Rae Yuris and Lt. Halpern stationed at Lav ef ield. The item details family ties, local military assignments, and other community notes from the period.
In a column fragment, the writer imagines a man in a zoot suit gaining superhuman powers to dodge a speeding car. The piece riffs on fantasy versus reality, noting the limits of natural law and the impracticality of such garb. The Rastille of Paris is briefly mentioned as a historical aside from 1363.
A spring pattern feature promotes Pattern 9590 a jaunty cape with a dainty dress idea for children in sizes 2 4 6 8 and 10. It suggests eye jet batiste fabric and a discarded cart cape from Pattern 9490 with yardage details and pricing 20 cents patterns via the San Antonio Light Pattern department Texas. A 1944 Marian Martin spring pattern book available for ten cents plus free booklet.
The San Antonio chapter of the Texas Wing Women Fliers invites young women to join and advance in aviation. The group aims to prepare candidates for WASP training and private pilot licenses, with nineteen members already accepted. The chapter owns the Silver Peril, an all-wirl airplane, and meets Friday night at Tech High School Room 224 to discuss new classes and future chapters.
Tuesday events include Miss Elizabeth Kenney hosting a luncheon complimenting Miss Ebutee Ewing and Miss Nancy Dillon, with tea at her home honoring Miss Louise Ewing.
Around 55 guests attended a Sunday informal tea hosted by Eva de Allpress during her new studies. An unprompted musical program followed by a small group included Carmen Quinones LeGrand, Natalia Cenberos, George Peckham, Bill Blair, and Henri Lippel. The event was a Yousé-Warming affair in the theater building. An additional note mentions a Monday meeting of Wimedausis chapter at 8 p.m. in the Masonic temple and a Thursday ladies auxiliary to the San Antonio Bar Association at 8 p.m. at St. Christ Episcopal church.
Colorful pea cocks with pineapple crochet tails brighten rooms. Pattern 789 includes peacock bedlas and crochet directions. Send 14 cents for patterns to San Antonio Light Needlecraft dept Texas with name and address. Catalog adds 15 more cents for ad page needs. 193 illustrations available. orders processed from New York office with potential two week delivery.
New York City draft board 156 answered a Washington reprimand with restraint and a firm denial of laziness in listing a registrant. The board sent a message to supply the missing middle name Liewleusszzules sszesszes W. Hutzlvzisslizal, as directed by National Selective Service HQ. The Capitol building in Washington is noted as covering about 32 acres in a Capitol's area segment.
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