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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1950
Page
12
Hollywood dispatch reports actor George Raft is in a hospital for a gallstone operation. The piece notes Raft’s known hard boiled screen persona and mentions a generic help wanted ad line unrelated to the event.
An old advertisement touts BC Headache powders and tablets as fast relief for headaches and neuralgia. It emphasizes a world famous blend of multiple pain relievers in tablet or powder form with quick dissolving action. The copy promises reliable relief for simple headaches neuralgia and minor ocular aches. It lists two BC tablets and BC powder priced at 10¢ and 2¢ respectively.
The January San Antonio phone directory update adds 19 subscriber pages and 25 yellow pages with ads, correcting spellings and highlighting names. It notes shifts in last edition entries, oddities in surname variety, and a playful weather and nickname section amid wide-ranging alphabetical listings.
San Antonio Junior College opened registration for the second semester with returning students registering Wednesday and Thursday before January 23 4. New students will register on that date. President J O Loftin says graduates who lack no subjects can enroll while still finishing high school and that doubling up can let students gain up to 9 hours of college work. Eligible high school students were invited to the college office to discuss entrance.
The ICC ordered a general one third cut in railroad passenger service on coal short lines. The measure targets lines with 25 days fuel coal supply and no dependable supply. The order, in effect two months, may expire March 1 unless extended.
The reformist Wafd party, out of power since 1944, swept to overwhelming majorities in yesterday's voting. Incomplete returns showed Wafd candidates defeating Saadist rivals who once controlled parliament's lower house. Four people were killed in election day clashes.
Denver reports Frank Stewart, nearing his ninety second birthday, reflects that leaving guns at home was the way to avoid trouble in the old mining town of Tin Cup Colorado. The camp had a high mortality rate for lawmen and a history of violence as it faced mining era dangers.
A 51 year old man died instantly last night after stepping into the road near a car crash. Police detained driver William Scotts for investigation of the fatal incident.
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