Woman readers note up in nylons and mail rituals
A column mixed slice of home life and shopping notes: nylons cost rise by 2.25 while some merchants offer four sheets and four low cases to early customers. A San Antonio mail anecdote, a Warrington skater shoe order, plus Dr Granberg’s Emancipator honors and Ladies Home Journal corkscrew napkins celebrate female power in a playful, period voice.
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San Ate Tontu
Billy Wetherall
Warrington
Lancashire
England
Wetherall
San Antonio
The
Light
Joske
J. €. Granberg
A. 3. Weiner
California
Ladies~Home Journal
Pattern 9283 and 9285 Nightwear Set for Brides
Adorable nightie with flattering cut and bed jacket offered as a gift for a bride. Includes Pattern 9283 for self and Pattern 9285 with sizes 22 14 16 18 20 40. Size 16 nightgown yardages 278 at 39 inches and 178 for bed jacket. Send 25 cents to The San Antonio Light Pattern Dept. Texas.
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San Antonio Light Pattern Dept
San Antonio
Texas
Marian Martin
Mirror of Your Mind Advice on Brains and Temper
A fragment from a 1998 Klay Features Syndicate piece discusses gender and behavior with casual moralizing. It claims brains help a girl avoid trouble but warns against bragging or shaming. it likens rage to drinking and urges calm. It also notes enuresis as a nervous symptom in children and cautions against frightening a child further.
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Klay Features Syndicate
Ing
Good to Banish a Chill Many Recipes for Soup
Mildred Kitchen presents practical soup guidance to fend off winter chill. From basic meat stock to varied vegetable soups, the article details making potato soup with celery onion tomato puree and cheese topping, plus tips on stock, simmering, and seasoning for rich flavor.
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Mildred Kitchen
Texan Victim Of Freak Mishap
Long Beach California report details the deaths of William Wiliams 30 of Big Spring Texas and Wilbur R. Young 38 of Long Beach after their motorized crane struck a power line. A second brief notes a new depigmenting method for cottonseed to produce an almost white meal.
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Long Beach
Calif
William W. Wiliams
Big Spring
Texas
Wilbur R. Young
New Year Triplets Born in Cabin Near Belleville
In a remote cabin near Maypany, 80 miles north of Belleville, Mr. and Mrs. William Davidson welcomed triplets two boys and a girl born after a 37 below zero night. Dr. O W Anderson of Harecroft assisted, delivering the babies following a nervous breakdown.
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Cabin
Belleville
Ont
William Davidson
O& W. Anderson
Hare
Twin girls born to Atlanta couple in New Year birth
An 80 year old mother Mrs. Alonzo T. Williams gave birth to twins in two consecutive years. Annette arrived at 10:45 p.m. December 31 and Anise at 12:15 a.m. January 1. The children are the eleventh and twelfth for the couple and their second set of twins.
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Atlanta
Jan
Alonzo T. Wilams
Annette
Anise
Mrs. Williams
Allentown Welcomes 21st Child of Champion Mother
Mrs Ethel Esterly, touted as Allentown’s champion mother, welcomed a baby boy weighing eight pounds five ounces as the city’s first birth of the new year. The 45-year-old, with husband Bar, has 19 other children and hoped for twins. the family had traveled from Santa Anna to California when Esterly left his job amid a swirling storm.
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Bar
Yo Wee Anys
Cummings
Ron
Hole Way
Santa Anna
Rey
California
Cay
Esterly
New Year's Baby Diane Carol Hersisinr Named in City Contest
Repeats parayid in New York and the city’s first baby contest honors a newborn girl born at 2:38 a.m. yesterday in a hospital. Diane Carol Hersisinr is the winner, with Beverly Ann as a past contender. Mrs Edith Sage, wife of William L, a local grinder, has six children, oldest fifteen.
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Parayid
Edith Sage
Diane Carol Hersisinr
Beverly Ann
Sage
William L
Farm blaze birth hero saved children in freezing weather
Jan 2 reports Mrs H R Roye, 33, who delivered her sixth child hours after rescuing five other kids from a blazing farm home in 18 degree cold. She was listed as doing fine the next day.
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Lubrock
UPI
Myrs
H.R. Roye
Car Birth in Automobile Near Midland
Mrs. Robert Cummings and her baby son were reported doing nicely in a Midland hospital today after the baby was born in a stalled automobile 26 miles from here.
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Midland
Robert Cummings
Lovelorn Dear Miss Fairfax Advice Column Exchange
A reader asks how to know if a man truly loves her after a brief courtship. The advisor suggests the relationship has been shallow, warns against trusting his declarations, and insists the writer likely cannot be certain of his lasting love. The tone counsels caution and self-respect.
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Selock
Miss Fairfax
Poy
Jove
Social Calendar Dinner Dance Honoring Debutantes
Thursday evening Craig Hill hosts a dinner dance in the Anacada room at the St Anthony hotel. Friday Miss Eleanor Fowell attends a lunch at the San Antonio Country Club complimenting debutantes Misses Betty Osborn Johnnie Boyle and Barbara Caraway.
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Craig Hill
St. Anthony Hotel
Eleanor Fowell
San Antonio Country Club
Betty Osborn
Johnnie Boyle
Barbara Caraway
Gene Autry Signs Two Year Columbia Deal for Four Pictures
Hollywood gossip notes Gene Autry has signed a two year contract with Columbia to distribute four pictures annually, leaving Republic and shifting top Western money making output to Columbia. The deal starts May 1 or October 1 after he finishes his last Republic Western, with Ann Miller set for Pretty Girl at Columbia. Also mentions Sydney Greenstreet’s The Hucksters role and other Hollywood tidbits including marriages and parties at the Mocambo.
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Gene Autry
Columbia
Louella
Parsons Motion Picture
Internativea Newa
Hollywood
INS
Gene
Republe
Harry Cohn
Autry
Sydney Greenstreet
Evan Evans
Clark Gable
MGM
Sydney
Theft Report From Local Theater and Other Break-ins
A tall naked boy in a red jacket grabbed $24 from the Na cional theater cage at 819 West Commerce and fled. A stove was thrown through a window at T L White Jewelry, 723 East Houston, with jewelry left undetermined. Other thefts include clothing, three stilts from Carlos Iglesias at 1302 Lombrano, a gold diamond cross from Mrs Zarlda Reynolds at 3506 North New Braunfels, $50 in coins, $15 from a juke box, 4.33 automatic from a cafe run by Cruz Mendoza at 1550 Rutz, and five Japanese paintings plus a plaster cast from A C Mietus of Los Angeles in the 800 block of East Pecan.
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Nacional Theater
West
Commerce Street
Ignacio Torres
T. L. White Jewelry Company
East
Houston Street
Carlos ‘Iglesias
Lombrano Street
Zarlda Reynolds
New Braunfels Avenue
Cruz
Mendoza
Rutz Street
A.C. Mietus
Los Angeles
Calif
East Pecan
Winters New Year's Host Night With Los Angeles Guest
Winters New Year celebration in Aurora honored Mr. and Mrs. Hebert Andrus of Los Angeles California. Hosts were Mr. and Mrs. J A Winters and Mr and Mrs RK W Beggs. Additional attendees included many local residents and couples such as Mr and Mrs Edward Le Bleu Harry Truman Kern Neville Fleming Alvin Schmidt Dude Skies Melvin Winters and Mrs Steffle Turowski and Al Buchanan.
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J. A. Winters
Aurora
Hebert Andrus
Los Angeles
Andrus
RK. W. Beggs
Beggs
Edward le Bleu
Harry Truman Kern
Neville Fleming
Alvin Schmidt
Dude Skies
Melvin Winters
Steffle
Turowski
al Buchanan
Anglo US Army Move Toward Unified Standards
London reports British and American officials are working on standardizing uniforms and equipment and training officers jointly. A Paris paper forecasts a secret accord unifying the two armies by March 15. Air forces will exchange 30 to 40 officers, rising toward 100 each, with joint training to begin soon.
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London
Britain
United States
Paris
Aurore Bi
U. S
Air Ministry
U. S. Amy
Oxford couple announce birth of son Terrell Wallace
Dr and Mrs Bradfield Oxford announce the birth of a son, Terrell Wallace, on December 31 at Nix hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Cheater Kilpatrick and Dr and Mrs J W Oxford of Floresville.
Marihuana Seizure Reported by Police
Police Capt Ed Amacker said the vice squad seized 162279 grafts of marihuana during December. The drugs were valued at about 731116 dollars at bootleg prices, reported to Commissioner P L Anderson.
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Gative
Ed Amacker
P. L. Anderson
Amacker
Russell in the Fold as Pirates Sign 1947 Contract
Pittsburgh January 1 Out fielder Jim Russell a Pirates regular for four seasons has signed his 1947 baseball contract. Pirates officials announced Hudgell led the club in stolen bases last year and Russell batted .312 in 14 games.
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Russell
Pittsburgh
Jim’ Russell
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pirate
Home-Mixed Syrup Promises Quick Cough Relief
An old time remedy describes mixing Pinex with sugar and water to create a cough syrup that eases phlegm irritation and breathing. It claims quick relief for colds and branchial irritation, with a money back promise if unsatisfied.
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Lawrench Gould
Allentown
Ethel Lpsterly
Ann Miller
Rocke Lewellyn Milner
Lewellyn Iron Works
Aid
Milner
Stanley Barbee
Coca Cala King
Yvonne Rosson
Hal Rosson
Jaycee Coleman
Michael Harvey
Paramount
Eddie Hillman
Walter Winschell
Florida
David Selznick
Mocambo
Cornelius
Vanderbilt
Alan Lat
Mast
Majestic Theater
Oxfords
Hovsewlvas
Jooks
Broadway
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