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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1946
Page
2
Sugar ration stamp No 39 becomes valid today and runs through April 20 for five pounds of sugar. Stamp 39 replaces expired stamp 8. Sugar allotments for institutional Bird refreshment users stay the same and industrial quotas are generally unchanged. OFA warns temporary sugar shortages may develop in some sections after the new stamp is valued.
Mrs Floyd Goylington agreed eight years ago to care for two mink kept as pets by her tapper husband. She turned the pair into a business that in 1945 produced 400 pelts. The backyard mink ranch keeps her busy year round. From April kittens arrive and from Dorn until late November pelts are ready for market.
Francsca Gunterres of Route 5 Box 498 was fined 1 dollar plus 2149 dollars costs by Judge McCollum Bumel in County Court at Law No 1 on a shoplifting charge. She allegedly stole articles valued at 23.74 dollars from Joske's in September MW.
Bandits looted the office of the Pred Harvey restaurant chain on Dearborn Street, making between four and five thousand dollars. Kary Colling, a cashier, was bludgeoned with a pistol but survived. An armed intruder forced Collins to open the safe while a second accomplice entered.
Readable fragments show Abilene and Fort Worth markets expanding as returning veterans and wartime marriages fuel housing demand. Corpus Christi and Rio Grande Valley report boom in retail and naval base activity with sustained payrolls. East Texas eyes large plants, while Dallas faces overcrowded housing despite military job wind-down.
Dr. A B Rich, formerly with military and health roles, is named head of the city health department laboratory. He will replace A K Mayes, who moves to the state health department as consultant. Dr Rich’s prior positions include army major and director of the health department lab in San Antonio.
Ola Toledo reports Charles F. Sorensen, president of Willys-Overland Motors, announced a fully new low-cost small passenger car as part of the RHoLlWar program. The firm plans a related light truck lineup and commercial chassis, signaling the debut of a new and original vehicle family beyond the Jeep.
A railroad company plans to pipe views of country airings to travelers by locomotive and dining cars, offering a new perspective on the countryside for passengers aboard its trains.
Funeral services for Guy A. Davis are scheduled at St. Mark's Episcopal Church at five o'clock Wednesday. Davis, who died of a heart attack Monday in the Bushnell apartments, was a Corstonia native who had lived in San Antonio for 11 years and managed Wrightened Off. He is survived by his widow Linu Davis, his two daughters Ballard W. Conree and Mrs. Jua sly, two brothers Charles J. Davis of Washington DC and David Davis of New York City.
A U S troopship named Jon B Toad was without a propeller off Cobh Ireland while en route from Marseilles to New York with 670 troops aboard. A tugboat assisted the ship to maneuver and reach safe waters. A repair message indicated the vessel was in Im Murcia canquer later that night.
Funeral services for George Robison pioneer wire and Texas editor will be held in Hontaville today. He aided the Bolton Journal Rendley the Wreo Limes Herald Gdate wrote an editorial oly i for Me Houston Post.
A garbled adlike passage pitches a home cough syrup recipe with dubious claims and product names. It touts no cooking and quick results, promising relief for coughs from colds using a “special compound” and honey, urging readers to buy 24 ounces of a product named Mines from an advertised source.
Congressional foes quoted General MacArthur as fearing disaster from an army navy merger and cited his 1932 stance that consolidation would endanger victory. Chairman Vinson noted the consistency of his past position, while MacArthur later reversed his view on consolidation.
Portland officials unveiled a $100,000 “flying office” for Henry J. Kaiser executives. The twin engine converted Lockheed Hudson bomber will base at Portland airport as a home port for expediting work across the Kaiser empire. It is said to be among the first civilian craft to use experimental radar for flying safety. The cabin seats six, with space for a sleeper or three more passengers, plus work tables, radio, hot coffee, and quick access to Spot to Spot Bargains Light Want Ads.
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