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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1942
Page
10
Aggy ushers ailing Gala and the narrator discuss inheritance, romance, and past choices as Gala resists illness and reflects on Bruce, Uncle Ellis, and family fortunes while Debating marriage and power dynamics during a tense hospital visit.
County commissioners Kim Donnell and Sant Auderain announced Monday a compulsory salary reduction for five deputies under Constable Mrs. S. M. Meeks from 176 to 125 to conform with state law. The pair said the district attorney’s office ordered the cuts to align with the law, while denying plans to fund higher rural constables and justices of the peace.
Eight year old Pidal Gerrit of 1006 Sheeman Street suffered tooth loss when two firecrackers exploded as he held them in his mouth. He was treated at Robert B. Green hospital where doctors found three teeth blown out.
Services for Joseph L Tondre 40 native Castroville will be held Tuesday at SisUa with Very Rev J Lenzen officiating. Burial will be in St Louis cemetery. Survived by widow Elizabeth Tondre two daughters Mary. four sons Victor Alfred Tondre of Castroville Claude and Clement Tondre in Navy father L M Tondre and brothers Olle and Herbert Tondre of Castroville.
Announcement of a new Negro Soldier Center directed by Gene Rogers in the San Antonio area. The center will coordinate with USC agencies to provide psychology and recreation for soldiers. The USO plans to extend the program to women employed at camps and laundries and other capacities.
A local broadcasting station reports a meteorology course offered by a military rerps unit to a limited number of young men with suitable education. Candidates should be seniors in college or already in the sciences or engineering. Full information is available at the Appalachian Information Building.
Crowds flock to defense stamp windows in post offices Saturday morning as clerks handle surging demand after news of military reverses in the Philippines. Early Sunday figures unavailable, but reports indicate a sharp rise in purchases driven by the Manila capitulation.
Fire units worked 20 calls after a bitter cold weekend, chiefly chimney and stove fires. The worst blaze struck a residence at 12 George Street causing about 150 dollars in damage. A separate washhouse fire on Water Takeou Road caused 25 dollars, while a blaze at Robert Cardenas home on South Lareka Street caused 310 dollars in damage. Another fire damaged Eugene Gharieston’s home on North Gerers Street.
Three Bexar residents died in a highway crash near Holrook Street and South Laredo, with several more injured. Dorothy Ward, 14, and Gussie Ward, 46, died after a collision that also left Edwin Ward in critical condition. Trinidad Reyes 21 and Bayney Perez 40 were among those listed, while authorities identified C J Means 22 and J Gonzales 40 among the serious entrants. Officers described the sequence of wrecks on Mayfield Boulevard and surrounding streets, with one car overturning on the Santa Maria road as deputies tried to clear the scene.
General Walter Krueger commander of the Third Army departed Brooks with aide Captain Fred G. Slofit for a routine inspection in Beauregard Parish Louisiana. Martin piloted the plane as the convoy moved Monday morning.
Tryouts for the Catholic Theater guilds production of The White Sloud will be held Friday and Sunday nights in the Guild workshop. Coates Guynn, director of Ice Bound, will oversee the production. The show opens February 18 at the San Pedro Playhouse.
An auction of rare postage stamps will be held at 8 p.m. by the San Antonio Philatelic Society. The meeting welcomes visitors, especially men in the service, at the YM and AY venues.
Merchandise valued at 636 dollars vanished from the Zona Tobacco company at 04 North Pecos Street after thieves forced entry and pried open a window. Police were alerted by manager GO. B. Forrazon. Investigators noted auto brakes and the car used in the theft. Items included tobacco, chewing gum, candy, and other assorted goods totaling 638 dollars.
Police report a woman was stabbed in a hotel room at 719 South La Védo Street. The victim, Dolores Paselil, was taken to Green Hospital with nine stab wounds. A man, Tom Paschal, was jailed on aggravated assault charges following the altercation in the room.
Delta Sigma Theta sorority Phi sixima elmplee of Delta Sitnga Theta opens a defense station booth in Aycock's drug store at Center and Chestnut streets. Mrs. A. D. Wyath serves as president. Tomb the line with Boods.
Readable notes indicate Visual Education Group schedules a meeting with the education committee of the San Antone system. The item mentions a Wednesday session at Page school with emphasis on local education planning and governance.
A fragmentary wartime defense screed blames saboteurs, warns of drastic retaliations, and urges total wartime ruthlessness to avert a wave of attacks. The letter references Black Tom-like incidents and urges harsher measures, claiming supplies are under threat and retaliation will be severe.
Mexico’s minister of foreign affairs, Padilla, made a brief stop in San Antonio before flying to Rio de Janeiro for Pan American conference discussions with Latin American foreign ministers. He held meetings in the St. Anthony hotel suite with local Mexican officials and press.
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